EDSA 520 - Curriculum and Teaching: Theories into Practice

Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course stresses the developmental mental processes, the principles of curriculum development, the role of school personnel, curriculum goals and objectives, the characteristics of excellent teachers, the problems that new teachers face, the mentoring process, what administrators can do to keep good teachers, what students must learn, differentiated instruction, multicultural education, and data driven decision making. The learning activities for this course are designed to prepare each student with essential knowledge and competencies for effective instructional leadership and curriculum development and the supervision of teachers in implementing effective pedagogical strategies in this millennium. Eighteen (18) hours of fieldwork.