As pupils continue in school, they construct meaning, develop, and grow in cognitive, physical, social-emotional, ethical, and aesthetic abilities. The ultimate goal of our teacher education program is to help students become capable investigators, meaning-makers, problem solvers, communicators, and reflective thinkers. Field experiences provide opportunities to relate principles and theories from the conceptual framework to actual practice in classrooms and schools. Teachers create the conditions to facilitate development and growth in all learners. They engage these learners by planning for the learning process, applying the principles of learning, creating nurturing conditions in which learning can occur, evaluating their interactions with pupils and implementing change in instructional approaches based on learner performance.
Teachers manage and understand reciprocal processes between themselves and their pupils.
Experience Academic preparation is primarily the result of the course work in the various majors that are offered in the College of Education. Students are also given the opportunity to engage in field experiences in schools during all phases of their preparation. Significant course work, coupled with practical field experiences in the schools, help students understand the process of learning and how developmental changes in human beings have an important effect on their ability to learn. New ideas are taught and understood in the context of past experiences.