EDEM 6601 Interdisciplinary Teaching for Diverse Elementary Classrooms

Interdisciplinary Teaching for Diverse Elementary Classrooms is organized to provide advanced candidates with an exploration of interdisciplinary instruction relevant to the lives and interests of 21st-century learners. This course responds to the classroom reality where a significant portion of the elementary school day is devoted to literacy and math instruction, while students receive limited time engaged in other content learning. Together, candidates will adapt and strengthen instructional materials to magnify the interconnectedness between science, English language learners, social studies, the arts, and wellness and examine the complexity of content integration and scaffolding.

Registration Name

Interdisciplinary Teaching

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens: Fall, Demorest: Summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Examine effective techniques for planning and implementing interdisciplinary and co-teaching models of instruction.
2. Design and evaluate components of interdisciplinary curriculum.
3. Integrate academic language support into interdisciplinary lessons.
4. Discuss the role content area strategy instruction plays in developing metacognitive awareness.
5. Explain the challenges and achievements students with varying levels of literacy proficiencies bring to interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
6. Utilize technology to reveal interdisciplinary connections in the curriculum.