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settings. This internship requires at least 20 hours of practical application of
information learned in previous or concurrent courses. Participants will observe
practicing teachers with gifted endorsements in gifted classrooms, and perform a
number of duties that are required of those teachers. Participants will implement a
seven-lesson unit plan and conduct a casestudy of a gifted student.
EDUC 4701 - Characteristics of Multicultural Gifted Learners (3-0-3)
This is course one of a four courseGifted-in-Field Endorsement Program. This course
is an introduction to the characteristics, development and needs of the gifted learner.
Here, candidates will explore, the unique academic, cultural, social, and emotional
challenges that gifted students and their teachers face; and, theories, research, and
practice concerned with recognizing and developing the gifts and talents of children
from diverse cultural backgrounds. The course requirements
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nclude presentations on
special gifted populations. Also included is a history of gifted education. Students will
be required topartake in field experiences.
EDUC 4702 Identification andAssessment of Gifted Learners (3-0-3)
This course focuses on Georgia’s procedures used for identification and assessment
of gifted learners. In this course, current identification of, and assessment practices
for, gifted students are reviewed within a framework of a broadened view of
giftedness. Connections are made between identification and assessment, and the
provision of appropriate interventions is closely examined. Students will be required to
partake in field experiences.
EDUC4703Curriculum andStrategies forGifted Learners (3-0-3)
This course focuses on the development of curriculum content and teachingmaterials
for students identified as talented and gifted. Considerable time will be spent on
management and organizing of learning experiences and utilizing a variety of teaching
methods. Participants model and prepare lessons with flexible grouping based on
readiness level, interests or learning profile. Students will be required to partake in
field experiences.
EDUC4704ProgramDevelopment ForGifted Learners (3-0-3)
This courseprovides a study of curriculummodels designed to serve the gifted learner
and high achieving students, with emphasis on the state approved deliverymodels in
Georgia, K-12 and developing curricular patterns which include subject or skill, core,
interest, process, experiential bases of operations, andmodular designs of community
involvement. The course requirements include the development of curriculum and
learning activities that will have greatest applicability and usability within the local
school system. Students will be required topartake in field experiences.
EDUC4710 - MiddleLevel Internship I (1-0-1)
This course is the Fall Semester portion of the academic year long internship that
introduces interns to the middle school, its support services and school community
agencies. Students must participate in preplanning and the first week of classes. They
maintain weekly contact (minimum of nine hours) with their assigned school and
attend a weekly campus seminar (EDUC 4001). The mentor teachers and interns
implement a co-teaching model that allows the interns to observe, practice, assess,
and reflect best teaching practices. Interns focus attention on the diversity of pupils,
special needs of learners, and individual learning styles as well as how learning is
influenced. Admission to the teacher education program is required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC3000 (C), EDUC 3010 (C), EDUC 3350 (C).
Corequisite(s): EDUC 4001 (C).
EDUC 4712 - Middle Level Internship II-A (Grades 4-8): Arts and Sciences Observation
Component (0-9-3)
This course is part of the Spring Semester portion of a full academic year internship
(mid-August tomid-May). Internship II is a full-time teaching assignment in grades 4-8
in the student's major (mathematics, science, social students, and/or language arts).
Arts and Sciences content-area faculty observe and assess this component of the
internship.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 4710. AbsoluteCorequisite(s): EDUC4720.
