Rethinking Teaching

Catalog description

Offered Spring Semester Only As one of the capstone courses in the teacher education program, this course is part of the process of developing a teacher who is a reflective practitioner in an urban environment. The course focuses on the prospective teacher's ability to use and evaluate a variety of diagnostic, instructional, managerial and effective strategies in the classroom, within specific contexts, and for specific learners. It develops the ability of the practitioner by addressing the acquisition of knowledge, reframing of knowledge and the utilization of knowledge about the teaching/learning process from a variety of different perspectives in a variety of classroom settings. Assignments, class discussions, activities and readings are designed to help prospective teachers to be reflective teachers in urban settings.