The second part of the course focuses both on cognitive and behavioral views of learning. Topics include classical and operant conditioning, social learning, information processing, problem solving, creativity, and constructivism. This course is an introduction to student growth and development in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. Topics include the theories of Piaget, Kohlberg, Elkind, and Erikson. In addition, students work in groups and individually to prepare a reliable and valid measure of classroom learning.
Students prepare and carry out lessons in mini-teaching and real classroom situations.
ED 333 Literature for Children Students learn the fundamentals of designing and organizing a comprehensive reading program for children in the classroom. Each course presents an overview of elementary school teaching methods and materials, and provides opportunities for designing and teaching units in the subject identified in the course title. Each course presents an overview of secondary school subject matter teaching methods and materials for the subject matter specialist, and provides opportunities for designing and teaching units in the subject identified in the course title. In this practicum, students assist in teaching the Natural Law Seminar on Education in the first year program. In addition to reviewing the field of education as a whole, teaching assistants gain experience in leading small groups providing student feedback, and evaluating student assignments and practice teaching.