MGE 4333 - Responsive Pedagogy in Middle Grades

Credits: 3 hrs

This course is designed to acquaint middle-grades student teachers with instructional practices which address young adolescents’ needs and interests. This course is taken concurrently with student teaching and is taught by a team of middle-school master teachers from the local school system and university faculty from the middle-grades program. The course utilizes real-life situations that student teachers encounter during their early teaching experiences as starting points for the preparation of classroom materials, application of instructional activities, and the solution of behavior management problems. Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education. Grade: C or better.