EDU 217 - Best Practices for the Secondary Classroom/Field Experience I

3 Cr. Hrs.

This course provides the initial field-based experiences for the secondary pre-teacher candidate. It is designed to provide a bridge between academic work in the secondary content areas and the pedagogy and dispositions required of a teaching professional. The course emphasizes teaching behaviors and processes required of a classroom teacher; field observations; and the application of teaching behaviors and processes based on best practices. The course is designed to promote the teacher candidate’s application of content knowledge through lesson planning, demonstration of teaching, and the use of technology in the field setting. Additionally, the curriculum intentionally accentuates students who are English language learners. The pre-teacher candidate will apply for Benchmark I during this course. Field experience of 25 hours in a public school cooperating classroom required.

Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of Praxis Core.