SEMESTER 6

Understanding Students with Exceptionalities

The purpose of this course is to introduce Liberian pre-service teachers to understanding students with exceptionalities – the challenges they face in the classroom, opportunities for inclusion and belonging, and strategies for supporting students with exceptionalities to thrive and succeed at school.

SEMESTER 6

Issues of Gender Equity and Access in Education

This course provides students with an in-depth look at gender responsive teaching and strategies to promote gender equity in class and school. The course covers topics such as the meaning of gender, how ideas about gender can lead to stereotypes and bias, and how gender bias appears in classroom materials. The course will also explore methods for how teachers can recognize and overcome their own gender biases.

SEMESTER 6

Diagnostic & Prescriptive Advanced Methods for Primary Grades Math

Diagnostic and prescriptive mathematics teaching in the primary grades with an emphasis on research-based practices and processes for identifying error patterns and misconceptions and implementing age-appropriate remediation.

SEMESTER 6

Action Research in the Classroom

This course explores how action research methodology can be used to investigate changes to educational practices in early childhood and primary classrooms. Each teacher aspirant or student will develop an action research plan that allows for implementation, observation, and reflection upon that change.

SEMESTER 6

Advanced Research in the Classroom Course Resources

This course provides a structured approach to teaching advanced research skills, covering various aspects such as literature review, research design, data collection and analysis, and academic writing. It is tailored for high school and college-level students who are eager to delve into more sophisticated research projects.

SEMESTER 6

Advanced Practices and Processes for Teaching Early Childhood Math

This course covers pedagogical issues and perspectives of teaching culturally relevant and inclusive mathematics in the early childhood grades through research-based practices and the processes of Problem Solving, Communication, Connections, Reasoning and Proof, and Representation.