Description
This course focuses on the development and application of strategies that will enable a pre-service teacher to plan for meaningful and effective instruction (teaching and learning) in middle and secondary schools. Emphasis is placed on understanding teaching and learning as they reflect educational and pedagogical theories, addressing students' diverse needs, and integrating knowledge and needs toward the creation of a teaching and learning environment which maximizes cognitive, emotional, and social growth for all students. This is the first course taken by teacher candidates seeking initial certification as a teacher of adolescents, grades 7-12.