To student teach, students must be recommended by their major department, by their Cooperating Teacher in Introduction to Education, and by members of the faculty in Education who have taught the student. Placement of students for practice teaching is contingent on successful interviews with the Director of the Education Program and with appropriate secondary school personnel. A survey of issues in education within an interdisciplinary framework. In addition to considering the theories of individuals such as Dewey, Skinner, and Bruner, the course explores some major economic, historical, and sociological questions in American education and discusses alternative policies and programs. The course gives students an opportunity to determine their own interest in preparing to teach, and furnishes them with first-hand experience in current elementary and secondary school practice.
Field work is required.
This course is normally a prerequisite for further course work in Education. Primary distribution course. Practice Teaching Supervised teaching in either secondary or elementary schools. Students seeking secondary certification must take EDUC 017 concurrently. This course will consider theoretical and applied issues related to effective classroom instruction.