Today's Classrooms: Foundations of the Current Trends in Education
This is an online Course
Cost: $325 for members; $410 for nonmembers
Additional $204 for 2 graduate credits from Union Institute (optional)
If you are intending to take this course for graduate credit, you must also complete and submit the Union Institute Credit Registration form to LAPDA prior to commencing the course.
Registration:
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Course Description:
This popular course will help you to create effective learning environments, understand different educational strategies, and how they can be implemented in the classroom. Topics include: Important concepts in American history, governmental policies, and best practices in classrooms across the nation; research on factors that influence student motivation; early childhood development theories, differentiated learning; and traditional vs. alternative methods of assessment; and diversity in the classroom.
Course Objectives:
- To introduce course participants to American education, from its history and the governmental policies that have guided it, down to the actual workings within today's classroom.
- To identify the leaders affecting public education, including those considered innovators.
- To discuss the development of a child, including the theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson and Kohlberg.
- To identify and address individual differences in learning and diversity in the classroom.
- To discuss the scientific approach to learning, including the behavioral, cognitive and constructivist theories.
- To identify the factors that influence motivation.
- To identify methods to create an environment that promotes better learning.
- To discuss traditional versus alternative methods of assessment.
Instructor: Koh Ikeda, Ed.D.
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How do I sign up?
Register as usual using the LAPDA Registration form. If you are intending to take this course for graduate credit, you must also complete and submit the Union Institute Credit Registration form to LAPDA prior to commencing the course. Once your registration has been processed, you will receive a course code by email from LAPDA with instructions on how to sign in to access the course. The course must be completed within 105 days. In the event that you can not complete the course within the allotted time, you must pay an additional $25 to LAPDA in order to be given a two week extension. Once you have completed the class, your grade will be submitted to Union Institute and you will receive your credit transcript within 4 weeks.
This course is offered through CE Credits Online:
