Teaching, Learning, Leadership

Catalog description

This course is designed to acquaint students with the education profession and to help them develop a realistic understanding of teaching, learning, and leadership. Students will examine motives for teaching, explore the qualities of effective teachers and leadership, and discuss the various diversities teachers encounter as well as the implications for teachers and learning. Students will begin to identify strategies and options for successful classroom practice. Ethical, legal, and controversial issues affecting education today will be addressed along with how to become a teacher leader in the profession. Prerequisite: None.