Taken concurrently with EDUC 3013 and 3022. An experientially-based course enabling students to recognize the needs of special students and to become comfortable with students who have special needs. Attention is also given to public laws and policies as they relate to classroom expectations. The course includes a minimum of ten hours of field experience. An examination of the legal basis for and control of education at the federal, state, and local levels.
Attention is given to the rights and responsibilities of teacher and students.
Fundamental rights of citizens and the impact of equal opportunity for all within educational systems are addressed. Issues bearing on employment and dismissal are studied in the context of labor relations found in American school systems. The course provides students with explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness and how to apply phonemic awareness principles to the teaching of beginning reading. Teaching methodology will be applicable to all age levels. This two semester course sequence develops knowledge about the nature of reading.