MEDUC 505 - Assessment and Management of the Curriculum

Credits: (3)
Provides an examination of the aims, processes, content and organization of curriculum within secondary school instruction. Particular focus will be given to the interface between student learning and teacher instruction, through a study of classroom management strategies. Theories of student learning in the middle and high grades, and the tools teachers need to connect instruction to learning, will be explored. Basic competencies in lesson and curriculum planning will be developed. Emphasis is placed upon the notion of discipline as integrating subject knowledge with certain teacher-student behaviors and classroom environments for that knowledge to translate into learning. For MAT Secondary only.