SEC 502 Introduction to Teaching at the Secondary Level

This course includes issues affecting teaching at the secondary level: Adolescent development, multicultural perspectives, curriculum development, community building, and constructing disciplinary knowledge. It critically examines the social, cultural, political, and economic forces, and the philosophies of education that have influenced educational policy, laws, school structure, and pedagogical and methodological practices throughout U.S. history. It requires completion of 25 hours of field experience involving multicultural settings and working with students with special needs. Candidates will learn best practices for effective teaching and create lesson plans and a unit plan based on researched design models. Candidates will learn about the requirements for successful completion of new state licensure requirements. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): SPE 500. 5 semester hours

Credits

5