Secondary School Curriculum Theory

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This course is designed to introduce teacher candidates to language bases derived from educational research, from state, national, and local curriculum standards, and from secondary school effective practices. This course will examine the secondary school curriculum in terms of the connections that exist among the subject area disciplines and in terms of the strategies that secondary school teachers and learners use (including models of teaching, critical thinking techniques, and approaches to content area reading). This course will examine the secondary school in its historical and political context as well as in relation to pertinent philosophical issues. In addition, this course will examine multiple models of classroom management and their relationship to the learning environment of the classroom. Lecture Hours: 3 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Course Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Degree Restrictions: Master of Arts in Teaching Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic,Independent Study,Asynchronous Instruction Click here for the Schedule of Classes.