It provides a structure within which students critically examine their classroom experiences of teaching, learning, and curriculum development, with the goal of becoming reflective practitioners. Texts and readings focus on an analysis of the experience of secondary school education, as well as those that provide rationales for the methods and purposes of the academic disciplines. Student teachers critique secondary education in terms of adolescents in school settings. The focus is on developing and refining learning strategies appropriate for adolescents and that include reading and writing within their disciplines. The seminar requires that students reflect on human development, learning processes, children with special needs, curriculum development and adaptation, classroom management, uses of technology, rights and responsibilities of students and teachers, the governance of public schools, and life-long learning strategies.
Students spend the entire day at a secondary school for the complete term.
EDUC 402-403 must be taken on a credit basis. EDUC 401 is taken concurrently. This course is open only to candidates for secondary school teacher certification. The readings for this course are determined by the subject and grade level being taught. The course provides student teachers with an opportunity to critique education as it is offered in school settings.