Middle School Education (MSED)

MSED 5013. Middle School Concept. Candidates develop models of middle level schooling, contexts, and explore early adolescent educational sociology. Develop lessons that demonstrate an emphasis on the relationship between characteristics of transient students, society, and schooling. Candidates develop a middle level philosophy which reflects the philosophical foundations of middle level education.

MSED 5033. Middle School Student. The physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and moral characteristics of the developmental period of early adolescence within social and cultural contexts are examined. The changes in family settings, social contexts, threats to health and safety and risk behaviors in contemporary society that affect health and development of young adolescents are explored.