Teaching Content in Diverse Settings for Special Educators

Catalog description

In this course, special educators will develop their pedagogical content knowledge in social studies, science, and mathematics and demonstrate their proficiency with implementing lessons in these content areas. Students will be oriented to research-based frameworks that inform high-quality instruction in social studies, science, and mathematics and apply their understanding of the frameworks as they analyze and internalize lessons. Then, they will practice and implement instructional routines and instructional methods that are fundamental to developing student understanding in each content area. Throughout, students will consider how these strategies can be implemented effectively at various stages of student development and how they will apply the Universal Design for Learning Framework (UDL) to remove barriers to learning for diverse learners. They will explore the use of technology in the classroom as a tool for achieving learning outcomes of a lesson. Finally, students will analyze formative data to make conclusions about student learning within a lesson. 83