Elementary Curriculum and Methods

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare the K-5 candidate with a specific focus on the educational needs of students in the cognitive realms of scientific, social, mathematical, and language learning. The focus is on instruction, lesson planning and implementing learning environments relating to the Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM). Candidates learn how to transform standards into learning objectives and assess learning through formative and summative assessments. Candidates must plan an upper elementary unit related to students’ interests, diverse needs, and state standards. Field experience in an upper elementary classroom included. Offered fall term each year. Three semester hours.