EDUC - 481. Instructional Theory & Practice in Inclusive Classrooms

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3 credit(s)
This course, which considers the theory and practice of effective instructional practices in diverse classrooms, will focus on the components of instruction and will be practice-oriented and performance-based. Additionally, this course provides prospective teachers with a framework to help them reflect on and improve their student teaching experience. Consequently, students will study Danielson’s Framework for Teaching and use it to analyze their success within the four domains of planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities. Emphasis will be given to the understanding and application of the New York State Student Learning Standards in inclusive subject area classrooms. Such topics as unit planning and lesson planning, motivation, inclusion, diversity, teacher expectations, questioning skills, feedback strategies, methodology, technologies, and evaluation and assessment will be studied. The prospective teacher will develop and practice behaviors and strategies characteristic of effective teaching. Attention will be given to ways to place middle and high school students in more active roles as learners. Students pursuing Siena’s teacher certification program will be required to successfully complete a forty-hour field experience in inclusive classrooms at the secondary level (grades 7-12). This course is available for all areas of certification. It is open to students seeking certification in French or Spanish in the fall semester only; in Business Marketing in the fall semester only; in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics in the fall semester only; and in Mathematics in the spring semester only.

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 210, EDUC 260, EDUC 365 and admission to the Professional Sequence.
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