Course Description
An early community or school field experience for students who wish to engage in clinical experience. Provides an option to satisfy elements of the university's experiential learning requirement for undergraduates.
Athena Title
Explor Teach and Learn Pract
Non-Traditional Format
This course is designed with a 10-hour, 20-hour, or 30-hour field experience component and can be used to satisfy aspects of the university's experiential learning requirement for undergraduates. Each credit is worth 10 field hours. Students will respond to the questions raised under the course objectives through the submission of a comprehensive paper.
Corequisite
EDUC(EPSY) 2130 or EPSY 2130H or EPSY 2130E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This optional extended field experience is concurrent and integrated into Learning and Development in Education, and thus has the same objectives as that course, stated as essential questions: 1.How have I myself (i.e., the teacher candidate) learned in school, and how do I learn most effectively? 2.How do student factors (e.g., motivation, family and cultural background, temperament and learning preferences, prior knowledge and experiences) impact student learning in educational settings? 3.How do teaching practices and instructional structures impact student learning in educational settings? 4.How do other factors in the learning environment impact student learning in educational settings? 5.How may I use this knowledge as a future educational professional to inform my professional planning and decision-making so as to maximize learning of all types in all students?
Topical Outline
This optional extended field experience is concurrent and integrated into the EPSY 2130 course, and thus addresses the same topics as that course: I. Major learning theories, including Behaviorism, Information processing and neuroscience, Piagetian and Vygotksian theory II. Motivation theory III. Sources and effects of student diversity in learning needs and preferences IV. Developmental aspects of learning V. Outside environmental influences on learners, including culture, family structure and background, home language, SES, and peers VI. Effects of teacher beliefs and expectations on learners, including the need to avoid bias and stereotyping VII. Elements of effective educational environments for all learners, including teacher/student and student/student relationships and classroom management