Session

Topics and Lectures / Class Activities

Reading Assignments

(Be ready to discuss)

Due Dates

(In-class)

1

– Introductions, course readings, assignments, perspectives,

requirements, evaluation, etc . . .

2

- The Teaching Profession and You / School Law and Ethics

- Chapters 1 & 8

- Classroom Experience Proposal

3

- Different Ways of Learning

- Chapter 2

4

- Teaching Your Diverse Students

- Chapter 3

- School Information / Analysis

5

- Becoming an Effective Teacher

- Chapter 11

6

- Mid-Term KTDEs

(Chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, 11)

- Observation Report #1

- Mid-Term Exam

7

- Student Life in School and at Home

- Chapter 4

8

- Curriculum, Standards, and Testing

- Chapter 10

- School Board Meeting

9

- The Multicultural History of American Education / Philosophy of Education

- Chapters 5 & 6

- SOTES

10

- Financing and Governing America’s Schools / Purposes of America’s Schools and the Current Reform Movement

- Chapters 7 & 9

- Observation Report #2

- Unofficial Course Evaluation

Finals

- Final KTDEs

(Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)

- Final Exam