SEMESTER 4

Teaching Reading Comprehension and Writing

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding to develop literacy at each stage in the primary education classroom, including concepts, materials, and teaching strategies for reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing and speaking to support diverse students.

SEMESTER 4

Content-Specific Methods in Primary Grades Math + General Methods for Math Education

This course covers the content and process of culturally-relevant mathematics instruction in the primary grades including mathematics teaching principles, mathematical tools, and assessment of student progress within the content learning trajectories of Counting & Cardinality; Comparing, Ordering & Computational Estimating; Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying & Dividing; Composition, Place Value & Multi-Digit Computation; Spatial Visualization & Location; Properties of Shapes; Measurement; Algebraic Reasoning; and Data Analysis.

SEMESTER 4

Practicum in Early Childhood Education

This course is a practical experience in an early childhood educational setting that includes working directly with young children; emphasis is on Liberia’s national teacher standards, early learning standards, and programmatic planning for ages 3 to 6.

SEMESTER 4

Planning and Evaluation

This course introduces learners to planning for instruction and evaluation of teacher aspirant or student learning with an emphasis on writing measurable and observable learner objectives. Additional emphasis is placed on creating daily and weekly lesson plans, unit plans (refer to Key Terms and Definitions), and developing and using appropriate traditional and performance-based evaluation methods that align with course objectives and instruction in the early childhood and primary grades learning environments.

SEMESTER 4

Natural and Life Sciences in Primary Education

This course covers the methods and materials for effectively teaching natural and life sciences in the primary grades including evidence-based practices for teaching basic science concepts and the importance of inquiry-based approaches in the teaching of nature and living systems through experimentation and the scientific process. This includes hands-on exploration and application of Liberian Primary Education curriculum.

SEMESTER 4

Natural and Life Sciences in Early Childhood

This course covers methods and materials for effectively teaching natural and life sciences in the early childhood grades including evidence-based practices for teaching basic science concepts and the importance of inquiry-based approaches in the teaching of nature and living systems. This includes hands-on exploration and application of Liberia National Early Childhood Development (ECD) natural and life sciences curriculum.

SEMESTER 4

Math and Science Practicum

This course is a practical experience in planning, teaching, and assessing mathematics and science content in the primary grades classroom using integrated and culturally relevant inclusive pedagogy.  

SEMESTER 4

ContentvSpecific Methods for Early Childhood Math

The course covers the content and process of mathematics instruction in the early childhood grades including mathematics teaching principles, mathematical tools, and assessment of student progress within the content learning trajectories of Quantity & Number Recognition; Counting; Comparing, Ordering & Estimating; Adding & Subtracting; Composition, Decomposition, Place Value & Multi-Digit Arithmetic; Spatial Thinking; Shapes; and Measurement.