You will work with small groups of students on collecting and analyzing data and research to develop solutions to real world problems. Based on their research, these small groups will pose video problems, work on problems derived from the Internet, and create multimedia products and web sites to share the solutions to their problems. Additionally, you will work with cooperating teachers in their mathematics classroom to support instruction and to design, teach, and evaluate instructional projects with your students. Teachers know the subjects they are teaching and can create learning experiences that make the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline meaningful for students Students will become fluent with the NCTM 2000 Standards for the teaching of mathematics for grades K-8. Based on these standards, the students will design, implement, and evaluate lessons for class assignments, for the Real World Problem Solving Project, and for their field experience teaching project in a mathematics classroom which will demonstrate their ability to integrate their mathematical knowledge with their pedagogical knowledge.
Teachers know how children grow.
Students will demonstrate fluency with the NCTM standards as well as social and cognitive development in reading journal and written exams as well as in completion of course assignments to analyze texts, reading, and Internet materials and development of a variety of lesson plans designed to meet the needs of all learners. Teachers understand that children learn differently. In the Real World Problem Solving Project and in their field experience, students will work in inclusive classrooms and have experience in planning and implementing lessons for students with a range of learning and behavior differences. Teachers know how to teach, understand, and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Teachers know how to manage a classroom.