INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION

CURRIC 331

Education is often considered only to take place in formal schooling environments with professionally-trained teachers and students sitting in classrooms. However, research shows - and our intuitions suggest - that education occurs every day in a variety of ways, with a variety of people, and in a variety of spaces. For example, education - or more specifically, teaching and learning - happens in spaces such as museums and libraries but also, perhaps, at sports practice and around the family dinner table. Truly understanding what it means to teach and learn involves delving into and unpacking this variety. Further, if creating change in whether and how different people have opportunities to teach and learn in our society requires exposing and exploiting this variety.

CURRIC 374

Develop lesson plans, design an integrated curriculum unit, and employ active and collaborative learning strategies in general education classrooms.

CURRIC 630

Specific construction and theoretical implications for professional in-service and field student teaching assignments. Learning materials and school systems program needs for children.

CURRIC 464

Supervised student teaching semester of the elementary education program in a 4K-6th grade classroom.

EDPOL 140

An introduction to fundamental educational questions, concepts, perspectives and ideas, designed to enable thoughtful examination and assessment of proposed and existing educational policies and practices.