- Teaching of Middle Level and Secondary Social Studies and the Engl Language Arts for the Humanities

Catalog description

This course gives secondary teachers in the social studies and English language arts the theories and methodologies of teaching in the area of the Humanities. recommendations of professional and governmental bodies are studied with an emphasis on research-based strategies for increasing student motivation and achievement. The course will deal specifically with the nature of the social studies and the nature of the English language arts with ideas, strategies and techniques for teaching them at the appropriate licensure level (4-8 or 7-12) based upon a common foundation of reading and writing.