LSE 598 Integrating Professional Knowledge & Practices for Advanced Credentials: A Capstone Experience

LSE 598 supports Learning Science Education candidates with a culminating capstone portfolio assessment of candidates’ progress in pursuit of their degree objectives and content base in the program’s four themes of (1) Social Emotional Learning in Sociocultural Contexts; (2) Cognition; (3) Design; and (4) Digital Learning Applications. In addition, this course extends their knowledge of the learning sciences’ curriculum and theory framework, ISTE Standards, and through project-based learning. This course bridges learning sciences, specialty area expertise and educational practices. The course provides a platform for candidates to integrate work across specialty area and endorsement courses, engage in final reflections on educator ethics, and write a concluding introspective narrative on the holistic experience of integrating specialty area and advanced learning and instructional practices to improve outcomes for all learners. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours