EDUC 220 Field Experience in Education

This capstone course provides students with thirty hours of supervised field experience in an educational setting.  Through observation students will examine the impact of child and adolescent development on the learning process;  explore the theories, concepts and skills central to a grade level and/or discipline; reflect on effective teaching practices including engaging learning activities, formative and summative assessment, and the creation of supportive learning environments; and apply ethical reasoning to classroom situations.  Students will create a professional portfolio which includes a research paper or other artifact requiring the application of strategies of inquiry, evaluation of sources, and the ethical use of information.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EDUC 110 and eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the learning process, as well as child and adolescent development.
2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of content including the theories, concepts, and skills central to the discipline or disciplines one intends to teach.
3. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of teaching practices including construction of engaging learning activities, assessment for and of learning, and the design and maintenance of supportive learning environments.
4. Discuss ethical issues in the educational field.
5. Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration to research perennial and emerging issues in teaching and learning.
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of current and historically-significant studies related to teaching and learning.
7. Demonstrate the effective and ethical use of a variety of sources to refine and support scholarly inquiry into perennial and emerging issues impacting teaching and learning.

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the learning process, as well as child and adolescent development.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of content including the theories, concepts, and skills central to the discipline or disciplines one intends to teach.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of teaching practices including construction of engaging learning activities, assessment for and of learning, and the design and maintenance of supportive learning environments.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Discuss ethical issues in the educational field.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Apply strategies of inquiry and exploration to research perennial and emerging issues in teaching and learning.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL1
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of current and historically-significant studies related to teaching and learning.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL2
7. Demonstrate the effective and ethical use of a variety of sources to refine and support scholarly inquiry into perennial and emerging issues impacting teaching and learning.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL3