EDU 563 - Unit Planning in Action

3-6 Semester Hour(s)

This course is designed to provide students with the theory and practice of planning, instructional design, learning (including higher-order, critical thinking skills), classroom management, and field practice in middle and secondary schools. Students are placed in their desired teaching content area to collaborate with current classroom master teachers and to focus on specified methods and practices of teaching and learning, which includes an immersion in planning, collaborative teaching, and solo teaching. Students take three to six semester credits with approval of M.A.T. advisor. Teaching in a secondary school is a primary requirement for this course. Students will develop Portfolio Work Sample 5 and 6.