Using current technologies, students review and access information, organize teaching tasks and design instructional units for effective teaching. Students learn the fundamentals of software selection, the effective use of software, and the utilization of multimedia and the resources available on the World Wide Web. Students learn how to design a simple action research project, use technology to search for information and apply assessment procedures. Students enhance the skills necessary for technical writing. Students are enabled to use technology and higher order thinking skills to design a simple education research project, analyze the data and evaluate the results.
Students present their research findings using correct standard written and spoken English.
Students explore the nature, cause and prevalence of children's disabilities and their influences on children's emotional, social, educational and vocational adjustments. Emphasis is placed on understanding models for placing these special needs children in the general education classroom where they can develop to their maximum capabilities. Exceptionalities studied include, but are not limited to, the learning disabled, mentally impaired, emotionally impaired, visually and hearing impaired, gifted, and multiple handicapped. A college supervisor and a cooperating teacher from the school provide guidance. Under supervision, the student teacher moves gradually through the sequence of observation, participation, and full responsibility of the classroom.