Master's Degree - Option A - initial teacher certification

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2024 Fall Course Info
Exceptional Learners in the Secondary School Classroom (Special Education)History and Philosophy of FCS EducationPracticaEducation in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)FCS Methods I
2024 Summer Course Info
History and Philosophy of FCS EducationReading in the Content AreaResearch Experience in Family and Consumer SciencesEducation in a Pluralistic Society (Multicultural Education/Human Relations)Teaching FCS with TechnologyProfession in Focus
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Course Information
FCS Methods I
Course Description
The focus of this course is analysis and development of curriculum and methods of teaching Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) in the context of the National Standards for FCS Education, the National Standards for Teachers of FCS and the standards for the state in which the candidate will teach. This course includes these content topics: learners and the learning environment, professionalism, beginning instructional strategies, writing objectives, developing lesson plans, assessment, curriculum development, integration of technology in the FCS classroom, and the national student organization Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).
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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

Teaching strategies: A guide to effective instruction, 10th edition. (2012).
Orlich, D.C., Harder, R. J., Callahan, R.C., Trevisan, M.S., Brown, A.H. and Miller, D.E.
Edition: 10th
Publisher: United States: Wadsworth Cengage Learning

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
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Macy Burgess is a graduate of the family and community services degree.I made the decision to switch specializations in my master’s program mid-way through my degree. This change took me from the traditional on-campus experience to the Great Plains IDEA online experience. The switch seemed intimidating to me but it ended up being an incredible experience that I would not have gotten if I'd taken all classes at one university. Getting to dive into courses offered at schools all over the country was beneficial as it opened pathways for communication and sharing of knowledge with students and faculty I would not normally have interacted with. 

– – Macy Burgess, Family and Community Services Graduate Student,
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