MS_ED 453

Methods and Techniques of Teaching: Elementary Analysis of teaching specific subject-matter areas, the development of learning experiences, and techniques specific to particular subjects; literature, research, and scholarly content of teaching methodology. Students choose the course appropriate to their area of certification. Course work in this sequence is related to issues explored in MS_ED 406 Research and Analysis in Teaching and Learning: Discussion and Question Development. This course is accompanied by a half-time, 10-week teaching practicum that includes observation and assumption of teaching and management dutiesin a public school setting. The MSEd program staff places students in schools; students are responsible for planning a schedule of daily activities with their classroom supervisor, according to University guidelines. The practicum is a prerequisite for the MS_ED 487-489 Student Teaching.