Addresses core ideas of learning theory and human development focusing on the middle childhood population. Explores how learning and development are necessarily situated in local and global contexts, offering a cultural frame for understanding the work of teachers.
Curriculum And Instruction
Gives pre-service teachers the opportunity to learn how to effectively teach core topics from the elementary school mathematics curriculum by deepening their understanding of these core elementary math topics and of pedagogical approaches that foster their students’ understanding of these topics. Enroll Info: None
Explores current research on videogames and learning. Students critically reflect on the intellectual and educational merits and drawbacks of videogames and how videogame culture shapes how individuals think and learn. Enroll Info: Sophomore standing
Provides an overview of qualitative inquiry, examining assumptions, standards, and methods for generating and communicating interpretations. Methodological and theoretical works illustrate case study, ethnography, narrative, and action research. Does not include a field method component. Enroll Info: None
Theory, research and instructional practices supporting the teaching of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in an integrated curriculum from kindergarten through grade twelve. Enroll Info: None
Gives pre-service teachers the opportunity to learn how to effectively teach core topics from the elementary school mathematics curriculum by deepening their understanding of these core elementary math topics and of pedagogical approaches that foster their students’ understanding of these topics. Enroll Info: None

From accounting to zoology—with internships, study abroad and field experiences in between—Summer Term continues to add offerings. Students take courses on campus, online or both. Each year, we round up the summer courses with the …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has increased the courses available for Summer Term, from prerequisites to internships to field experiences.