EDUC 5400 - MAT: Responsive Schools and Methods Internship

Hours: 3
A study of the nature and needs of young adolescents, characteristics of responsive schools, resources for the middle child practitioner, characteristics of effective middle childhood teachers, and critical issues in middle level education. The course focuses on content specific methodology for middle childhood, including planning, instruction, assessment, teacher resources, technology, and classroom climate. Education 5400 is a block of interdisciplinary methodology to develop skills important to the teaming design central to middle childhood instruction. Students register for this course and their two concentration area methods courses (see EDUC 5430-5460). In each of these courses students become acquainted with the appropriate Ohio academic content standards, subject matter reflected on proficiency tests, subject-specific pedagogy, methods of assessment and national standards or guidelines which shape the teaching of the discipline. EDUC 5400 includes a full time placement in a school, with designated times for their Methods courses at the discretion of the Methods instructor. Prerequisites: (1) EDUC 5100; (2) MAT Degree Candidacy and (3) Approval of Internship application.

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EDUC 5400 - MAT: Responsive Schools and Methods Internship