Effective strategies for working with parents in the school setting. Topics include parent-teacher conferences, utilizing parents in the classroom, working with parents of special circumstance, conducting parent meetings and communicating with parents through newsletters and reports. Issues involving curriculum-development determinants and approaches, and the concept of change. Emphasis is on the role of the teacher in curriculum development. This course provides the background in the philosophy and history of middle level education, and examines curriculum and instruction particular to the unique developmental needs of pre-adolescents.
Course focus reflective of class needs and interests.
Focuses on instructional aspects of programs and classrooms in middle schools that are appropriate for the developmental needs of pre-adolescents. Students are encouraged to concentrate on curriculum problems in their schools involving issues of development, revision and change in the secondary school. A course designed to help secondary teachers meet individual differences among their students by using a variety of resources, pupil involvement, thematic approaches and other teaching strategies. Examines contemporary theories and research on teaching strategies and models, with emphasis on the applications of these to classroom problems. This course covers curriculum design and development from goal selection through implementation and evaluation.