EDFU 3001

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT  I

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

THE FIRST SEMESTER WILL BE DEVOTED TO AN

INQUIRY ON THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY AS

BACKGROUND FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF

THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THE GROWTH AND

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

WILL BE EXAMINED AS WELL AS THE NATURAL

AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES WHICH INFLUENCE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WELL BALANCED

PERSONALITY. THE SECOND SEMESTER THE

STUDENT WILL ANALYZE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL

PRINCIPLES WHICH UNDERLIE THE TEACHINGLEARNING

PROCESS AND THE INDIVIDUAL AND

SOCIAL CONDITIONS WHICH ACT UPON IT.

ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION AND

THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE CREATION OF

EDUCATIONAL TESTING AND GRADING.

 

EDFU3002

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT  II

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

PREREQUISITE: EDFU 3001.

THE FIRST SEMESTER WILL BE DEVOTED TO AN

INQUIRY ON THE NATURE OF

PSYCHOLOGY AS BACKGROUND FOR A BETTER

UNDERSTANDING OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.

THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

AND ADOLESCENTS WILL BE EXAMINED AS WELL

AS THE NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES

WHICH INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A

WELL BALANCED PERSONALITY. THE SECOND

SEMESTER THE STUDENT WILL ANALYZE THE

PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES WHICH UNDERLIE

THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS AND THE

INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS WHICH ACT

UPON IT. ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF

EVALUATION AND THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING

THE CREATION OF EDUCATIONAL TESTING

AND GRADING.

 

EDFU3006

ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF

SCHOOL LIBRARIES

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

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THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE

MODERN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; STANDARDS

FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES; SELECTION AND

ACQUISITION OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS;

CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS

AND ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

LABORATORY WORK IN THE LIBRARIES OF THE

UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE AN

ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COURSE.

 

EDFU 3007

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

ANALYSIS OF THE BASIC SOCIAL SCIENCE

PRINCIPLES IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATIONAL

PROCESS. STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF THE

SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE CONDITIONED

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN PUERTO

RICO.

 

EDFU 3008

EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOCIAL

AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PUERTO RICO

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

A CONDENSED AND INTENSIVE ANALYSIS AND

INTERPRETATION OF THE MAIN SOCIAL

AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PUERTO RICO,

AND OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

POPULATION, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION,

STANDARDS OF LIVING, HEALTH, PROSTITUTION,

CRIME, ILLEGITIMACY, RACE, EDUCATION, AND

POLITICAL STATUS; THEIR RELATION WITH THE

SCHOOL TASK IN THE COMMUNITY; AND THE

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL

FOR THESE PROBLEMS.

 

EDFU3009

PRINCIPLES OF CATALOGING AND

CLASSIFICATION

THREE CREDITS. READINGS, LECTURES AND

LABORATORY WORK.

THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL

PROCEDURES FOR CATALOGING AND

CLASSIFYING BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS. IT

COMPRISES THE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT

KINDS OF CARD CATALOGS AND SYSTEMS OF

CLASSIFICATION, ESPECIALLY THE DEWEY

DECIMAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION, THE

ORGANIZATION OF A DICTIONARY CARD

CATALOG AND THE STUDY AND DETERMINATION

OF SUBJECT HEADINGS.

 

EDFU3015

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCE

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

A STUDY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN

THE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH,

INCLUDING THE BASIC TYPES OF REFERENCE

MATERIALS; ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES,

YEARBOOKS, HANDBOOKS, PERIODICAL INDEXES

AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.

 

EDFU3016

SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF LIBRARY

MATERIALS

THREE CREDITS. READINGS, LECTURES AND

LABORATORY WORK.

THE STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF SELECTION OF

LIBRARY MATERIALS AND THE DIFFERENT

METHODS USED FOR SELECTION: BIBLIOGRAPHIC

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, CATALOGUES, BOOKS,

REVIEWS, ETC. THE STUDY OF THE CRITERIA USED

IN THE EVALUATION OF MATERIALS.

 

EDFU3017

EVALUATION OF LEARNING

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

PREREQUISITES: EDFU 3001-3002.

TO CREATE CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE PART OF

THE STUDENT-TEACHER TOWARD THE

PHILOSOPHY OF EVALUATION AS A PART OF THE

EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND TO PROMOTE

A KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUANTITATIVE AND

QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES OF EVALUATION AND

THEIR USES. THE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES WILL

BE ANALYZED AND PRACTICE WILL BE OFFERED

IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALID AND RELIABLE

EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS TO IDENTIFY,

STIMULATE, PREDICT AND GUIDE THE STUDENTS

BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS. THIS COURSE

ALSO INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION,

PRESENTATION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF

THE RESULTS AS PRESENTED BY THE EVALUATION

INSTRUMENTS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS

DATA TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS IN

RELATION TO TEACHING STRATEGIES.

 

EDFU3020

PSYCHOLOGY OF READING

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

PREREQUISITES: EDFU 3001, 3002; EDFU 3017.

STUDY OF THE READING PROCESS ON THE BASIS

OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE

ORIENTATION AS WELL ITS EDUCATIONAL

IMPLICATIONS. THE COURSE PROVIDES

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH

THE VARIOUS MODELS TO EXPLAIN THE

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE

READING PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE

PSYCHOLINGUISTIC, SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND

PEDAGOGICAL DIMENSIONS THAT UNDERLINE IT.

STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

STUDY THE WAYS IN WHICH READING

ACHIEVEMENT IS MEASURED.

 

EDFU3025

EDUCATION FOR FAMILY LIFE

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY AS A SOCIAL

AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. DISCUSSION

OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO COURTSHIP, MATE

SELECTION, HUSBAND-WIFE RELATIONSHIP,

CHILD-PARENT RELATIONSHIP AND THE

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF

THESE PROBLEMS.

 

EDFU3029

SEMINAR OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

ONE CREDIT. THREE HOURS OF SEMINAR PER

WEEK.

PERSONAL GROWTH EXPERIENCES IN SMALL

GROUPS THROUGH WHICH THE STUDENT ENTERS

IN A PROCESS OF SELF-EXPLORATION AND SELF

KNOWLEDGE. IT PLACES EMPHASIS ON THE

STUDENT’S VALUES, ATTITUDES, FEELINGS,

BELIEFS, MOTIVATIONS, AND NEEDS, INASMUCH

AS THESE HAVE BEARING UPON HIS PERSONAL

AND OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE. THE

SEMINAR EMPLOYS THE GROUP-COUNSELING

STRATEGY IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING AND

RECEIVING AID.

 

EDFU3030

EDUCATION FOR PEACE

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOUNDATION OF

THE EDUCATION IN REGARD WITH THE

PHENOMENON AND IDEAL OF PEACE.

 

EDFU3035

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

PREREQUISITE: PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR.

A WIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE MODELS OF

DISCIPLINE AND THE PRACTICAL USE OF

THESE MODELS EITHER IN SIMULATION OR

CLASSROOM.

 

EDFU3036

EVALUATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF DISCUSSION

PER WEEK.

PREREQUISITES: EDFU 3001 OR ECDO 3007; EDFU

3002.

THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE FOUNDATIONS,

METHODOLOGY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE

EVALUATION PROCESES IN THE DIFFERENT

STAGES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND

DEVELOPMENT. REQUIRES FIFTEEN (15) HOURS

OF FIELD EXPERIENCES.

 

EDFU3037

HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN PUERTO RICO

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES THAT HAD

HAPPENED IN THE PUERTO RICAN EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE HISTORICAL EVENTS

IN THE SPANISH COLONIZATION AND IN THE

CHANGE OF SOBERANY. IT WILL DISCUSS THE

IDEAS, PROBLEMS AND HISTORICAL VIEWS OF

THIS EVENTS.

 

EDFU3046

HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

TWO CREDITS. TWO HOURS OF LECTURE AND ONE

OF LABORATORY WORK PER WEEK.

PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF THE DIRECTOR.

STUDY OF THE BASIC CONTENT, OBJECTIVES,

ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A

HEALTH PROGRAM IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCES REQUIRED.

 

EDFU3050

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE EDUCATION OF

PRESCHOOLERS

TWO CREDITS. TWO HOURS OF LECTURE AND ONE

OF LABORATORY WORK PER WEEK.

EMPHASIZES THE IDENTIFICATION OF

PROBLEMS, PLANNING, AND EVALUATION

OF HEALTH SERVICES AND SECURITY IN THE

EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOLERS. ANALYZES

PUBLIC POLICY, LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN

FORCE. REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF FIFTEEN (15)

HOURS OF FIELD EXPERIENCE.

 

EDFU3055

LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE AND

DISCUSSION PER WEEK.

LEGAL ASPECTS RELATED WITH THE OVERALL

PROCESS OF EDUCATION, THE TEACHERS, THE

STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE EXAMINED

AND ANALYZED. TWO ANALYTICAL MODELS OR

SCHEMES WILL BE USED; THE HIERARCHY OF

NORMS AND THE JURISPRUDENCE. THE COURSE

INCLUDES, IN ITS LEGAL APPROACH, THE

FOLLOWING ASPECTS. AMONG OTHERS: THE

RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO VIS A

VIS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,

THE SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW, THE PUERTO

RICAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS

ORGANIGRAM (FUNCTIONS, LEVELS OF

AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS),

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS’S CIVIL RIGHTS AND

DUTIES, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, DISCIPLINE,

TEACHER’S ASSAULTS, VANDALISM, DRUG

ABUSE, LAWS RELATED WITH CHILD AND

YOUTH’S AFFAIRS, LAW NUMBER 30 (PEOPLE

ACCESS TO SCHOOLS), AND THE LEGAL

IMPLICATIONS OF AIDS IN THE SCHOOL

ENVIRONMENT.

 

EDFU3057

CRITICAL THINKING AND EDUCATION

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE PER

WEEK.

ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL

MODELS OF THE CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED TO

EDUCATION.

EDFU3070

BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION.

THREE CREDITS. THREE HOURS OF DISCUSSION

PER WEEK.

PREREQUISITES: BIOL 3711-3712.

STUDY OF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF

MODERN ILLNESSES AND ITS DIFFERENT LEVELS

OF PREVENTION. INCLUDES DE BASIC

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY,

PARASITOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; THE

DESCRIPTION MOST COMMON TRANSMITTABLE

AND NON-TRANSMITABLE DISEASES, CHRONIC

AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND

EXCEPTIONALITIES.

 

EDFU3087