Provides students with opportunities to learn and practice the skills and competencies of effective teaching of young adolescents. This course will examine methods of developing appropriate experiences in all four curriculum content areas in the Middle Childhood program. This course will examine methods of developing appropriate experiences in all four curriculum content areas in the Middle Childhood Program. 1c Students can speak effectively in front of a group or as part of a group. Students can demonstrate effective listening skills through their ability to analyze and interpret verbal messages for content, context, and affect, as well as retain messages acquired from the listening process.
Students can demonstrate an explicit understanding of principles of critical thought.
Students are aware of cultural diversity and its implications. Students should be able to develop a variety of instructional strategies, formal and informal assessment strategies, and accommodate for diversity in the classroom. Students should be able to develop strategies to support critical thinking and problem-solving skills in middle childhood students. Students should be able to acknowledge and understand curriculum goals and knowledge specifically for the middle childhood program. Students should be able to demonstrate competencies in technology by using word processing, e-mail, Internet, software, lesson planning, and power point.