Elementary Education Program
Requirements for B.S. Degree with a Major in Elementary Education (K-6)
The Elementary Education Program is planned so that candidates will acquire:
- knowledge across all subject areas included in the breadth of the Gardner-Webb core curriculum and enhanced by the specialty area (Elementary Education) of the curriculum. [The beginning teacher should be broadly and liberally educated and have full command of the subjects that he or she will teach.]
- knowledge of characteristics of developmental stages of children from ages five to twelve
- understanding of unique learning characteristics of children from a wide variety of cultural and language backgrounds and of exceptional students.
- skills to adapt curriculum and teaching strategies to meet elementary learners' needs.
- skills to organize classroom environment which meets the needs of and stimulates the intellectual growth of children.
- interpersonal skills for the purpose of establishing effective communication within the classroom, within the school, and in establishing productive home-school linkages.
- skills to effectively evaluate student learning and to use results to establish an effective instructional program
- understanding of contemporary issues related to teaching as a profession and to schooling in a complex society
- knowledge about schools, teaching and children that increases through carefully planned and supervised field experiences
Along with the basic core requirements, a major in Elementary Education requires 34 hours in the following courses:
Art 300;
Education 302, 305, 312, and 320;
Mathematics 204;
Mathematics Education 330;
Music 345, 346;
Physical Education 300;
Social Studies Education 307; and
Science Education 330
Additional requirements to meet NC licensure:
GEOL 105, MUSC 225, ARTS 225, POLS 202, HIST 245, BIOL 103, CHEM 103 or PHYS 103, and Literature (American and World or English).
NOTE: Students will not be permitted to complete more than 50% of the elementary education major until they are formally admitted into the Teacher Education Program.
Required Minor for Elementary Education:
The required minor in Professional Education consists Psychology 301, 303; and Education 201, 301, 313, 325, 401, 430, 440, and 450.
NOTE: Students will not be permitted to complete more that 50% of the Professional Education minor until they are formally admitted into the Teacher Education Program.
