Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades

Catalog description

3380. Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades. 3 hours. This course provides middle level teacher candidates wiht the knowledge and skills to teach young adolescents. Topics include 1) young adolescent development, 2) the middle level philosophy and school organization, 3) middle level curriculum, instruction, and assessment teaching skills, and 4) middle level profession roles. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the teacher education program (includes participation in a field-based program); an adolescent/lifespan development course, and an educational-application computer course.