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THE TEACHING PROFESSION
FALL 2009
MRS. PAT REECE, CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR

SED 300 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of this course are to introduce prospective teachers to current classroom management and instructional strategies in addition to lesson planning and implementation.

PREREQUISITES:

  • Psych 300
  • TASP/THEA Reading (250), Accuplacer (88), ACT-English (23), Compass-Reading (90), or SAT-Verbal (550)

TOPICS ADDRESSED:

  • Diversity in the Classroom
  • Classroom Management
  • Classroom Environment, Rules
  • Instructional Strategies, Questioning Techniques
  • Student Motivation
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • English Language Learners
  • Lesson Planning
  • TEKS
  • PPR Testing Strategies

PROJECTS:

  • ELL Best Teaching Practices Presentation (Cooperative)
  • Interdisciplinary Lesson Planning (Cooperative)
  • Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Lesson Planning (Cooperative)

MANDATORY EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE:

  • Each student will be required to experience 30 clock hours of secondary public school classroom observation.

COURSE MATERIALS:

  • Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES Preparation Manual) Download from TEA for free at http://texes.ets.org/texes/prepMaterials/ (grades 8-12) #130 or (grades EC-12) #160.
  • Kellough, Richard and Jioanna Carjuzaa, Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools. Pearson
  • Field-Based Teacher Education Program Handbook
  • Three-hole binder with dividers
  • E-mail account and internet access (services provided free to all students)
  • SED 300 Copy Packet (purchase at the campus copy center)