Description
EDUC 305. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. This course is divided into sections by specific secondary certification areas. The course is designed to prepare secondary credential candidates with the ability to apply basic concepts of curriculum and instruction in their specific discipline and to use a wide variety of strategies for planning, conducting, and evaluating units of instruction. The course places emphasis on the materials being used in the secondary classrooms and includes classroom management; instructional materials selection; reading in the content areas; lesson presentation and critique; and conferencing techniques. This course is limited to students who have been admitted to and are in good standing in the credentials program. This course is to be taken the semester before the actual student teaching experience, and taken concurrently with specific methods courses (Education 306-310). Semester course, three hours.