Course Description
Community work with adolescents (mentoring, tutoring, etc.), common readings in education, and interactions with professional educators. Education majors build on individual and shared experiences and readings to examine issues of education in public schools.
Athena Title
SERV LEARN TCH ED
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LLED 3461H
Non-Traditional Format
Class meetings plus community service work. Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The learners will: a) work (mentor, tutor, etc.) with adolescents in a community or public school setting b) maintain records of and reflections on their work experiences c) analyze common readings on issues in education d) demonstrate reading, writing, and oral language skills needed for teaching in grades K-12 f) clarify and assess their own motivations for teaching in light of experiences, readings, and discussions
Topical Outline
a) adolescents as readers, writers, and users of language b) adolescents in families, communities, public schools and other educational settings c) issues of race, class, and gender
Syllabus