Major emphasis on learning, teacher expectation and motivation, educational measurement, and classroom management concepts. A lower division course designed for a topic of special current interest, including televised courses. Examines current concepts and practices in educational computing and instructional technology, uses of microcomputers, distance learning technology and media resources. Practice in accessing hardware and evaluating instructional software. Materials of instruction, commonalities in the learning process and developing of requisite techniques of instruction on early, middle, and adolescent levels.
Emphasis is placed on skills needed in planning and organizing instruction.
Required of all students in teacher education curricula. Completion of a 40 hour integrated field experience in a public school is required. A study of the objectives, organization and instructional techniques in the sciences appropriate to elementary and middle school programs. Studied by prospective teachers to facilitate the development of effective reading skills of students studying specific content subject matter. Current methods of teaching developmental reading in grades K-8.