Teaching as a Career in Rural Contexts

Catalog description

Examines the roles, responsibilities, and dispositions of effective rural teachers; characteristics of the rural teaching/learning environment; the design of K-State's teacher education program; ways teachers change during their careers; and self-assessment about the commitment to teaching and preferences to grade levels or subject areas. An overview of the teacher education program is provided, the unit's conceptual framework is discussed, and the portfolio requirements are initiated. The skills of reflection and the dimensions of caring and ethical practice are introduced.