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Dec 04, 2024
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EDU 213 - Introduction to Education
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2019
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Emphasis is on the appraisal of the teaching profession, work and certification of teachers, consideration of administrative organization, instructional procedures and contemporary problems at both the elementary level and the secondary level. It includes a study of the historical and sociological foundations of education.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: here are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: ebook/Access Code: $119.99 (charged once per term for all courses that use Cengage Unlimited)
Common Course Assessment(s): There are many assessments used throughout this course to meet the requirements for students to be eligible for Paraeducator Generalist certification through the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (B.O.E.E.). These include discussions, quizzes, and a Philosophy of Education project.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Analyze teaching as a profession
- Recognize that each learner has unique learning needs
- Apply critical reading, thinking, and communication skills to current issues impacting education
- Self-assess dispositions related to effective teaching and develop personal goals for growth
Course Objectives
- Reference the resources, support, and process involved in obtaining a teaching license.
- Recognize the roles, responsibilities, and daily expectations of teachers and paraprofessionals.
- Describe teaching as a profession and identify professional organizations for teachers.
- Interpret the legal aspects of education, including rights and responsibilities of teachers and students.
- Document and draw conclusions from an interview with a classroom teacher.
- Recognize the different developmental stages of students.
- Discuss how stages of development can be impacted by social class, home environment, stressful or traumatic experiences, and heredity versus environment.
- Construct a personal and professional philosophy of education that demonstrates an understanding that all students can learn.
- Describe some of the diversity and challenges that exist in society and schools.
- Research and report on the impact of a societal problem or educational topic as it impacts education.
- Synthesize information from course readings with experience in educational settings.
- Describe characteristics of a high-quality school and high-quality teachers.
- Evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses as applied to becoming a teacher and managing a classroom.
- Establish a personal plan for improvement.
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