Rationale

Literacy demands on our society have increased greatly as we progress from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. Additionally, the cost of reading failure to our society and to individuals is very high. As such, now as never before, teachers need to understand how children can be taught to read and write successfully. This course will introduce student-teachers to curricular/methodological issues in reading, language arts, oral language development, children's literature and writing development. Emphasis will be placed on strategy instruction and practical demonstrations.

General Objectives

For students to:

• - understand what areas of literacy can be assessed
• - familiarise themselves with strategies and tools for assessing literacy
• - recognise the importance of children's literature
• - become aware of the diversity in literacy education
• - become knowledgeable of adaptations that can be made for diverse learners

Science and its applications have impacted every age of civilization. This cannot change since Science allows the study of the forces that interact and sustain or abuse the universe and its life forms. This course is designed to edify students about Natural Science Chemistry which is the science of composition, properties, and reactions of substances. Students doing Chemistry will come to appreciate the way research has contributed to the knowledge and use of materials. Students undertaking the study of science should seek to understand the dynamism. They also need to accept the responsibility of care for the environment.

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This  course is designed to assist Student Teachers in the Bachelors of Education Program to understand some basic principles of Science with emphasis on the discovery approach.  It is hoped that with this approach, student teachers will appreciate the scientific principles to the extent that they will be motivated to teach science in the primary schools through the discovery method. 

This course equips participants with the knowledge,skills and attitudes required for their efficient and effective use the target language to express basic everyday realities.

During the process they will also update their knowledge of some of the cultural practices, products and perspectives of the native speakers of the language.

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This course offers students ability to see the whole process of how to administer a school plant effectively.

Welcome to the class 'Introduction to Special Education' it is a dynamic course where students are expected to incorporate in their methodologies skills which consist of simple yet effective academic strategies that provides access to learning; and use it to utilize academic strategies and provides access to learning for a variety of students who are struggling to learn

Who are exceptional learners?

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Educational Technology (ET) is designed to assist student teachers with the integration of Educational Technology (ET) into their classrooms. The primary focus will be to assist students in "making the link" between the scope and sequences of Educational Technology and applying its practical uses to the classroom with the intention of increasing student interest and achievement. Attention will also be given to the use of Educational Technology to enhance curriculum and professional development for students. 

The goal is to develop the confidence and comfort necessary to make technology an embraceable tool for teachers to use within the education system in Guyana.

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This course aims to provide teacher-trainees (Spanish) with the appropriate theoretical base that would enable them to make informed decisions / selections with regard to teaching-learning approaches and language-teaching methodologies, in their daily practice.

This course introduces participants to the features of Moodle used for the development and delivery of online courses

Brief summary of course 

This course will build on linguistic skills acquired by students in Spanish Language I A, with the aim of raising their proficiency levels in the four skill areas of listening, reading, speaking and writing in the target language.