EDU101US – Introduction to Education Seminar Dual Credit
COURSE LENGTH:
One semester
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
EDU 101 is a discussion-centered course designed to develop our critical understanding of public education and the role of classroom teachers in today’s public schools. We will discuss what it means to know, to learn, and to teach. We will examine how public schools developed and changed over the last 175+ years and how teachers’ roles have evolved accordingly. We will look at challenges facing teachers today and society’s expectations of teachers and public schools through short and longer texts of theory, practice, and teacher narrative. Our responses to texts include writing, both formal and informal, discourse, and presentation. Most importantly, we will begin to see the classroom as a place of work, of community, of inclusion, and of infinite promise. We will explore your current beliefs, values, and attitudes toward teaching and learning based on your prior experiences in order to make you aware of the diverse perspectives of teachers and students and how these dispositions influence the choices teachers make in planning and instruction.
PREREQUISITES:
MTDA is recommending this course for Seniors only as there is significant reading and analysis of college-level text throughout this course.
COMPREHENSIVE SYLLABUS:
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
None
SPECIFIC TECHNICAL/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS IN ADDITION TO GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
Please review the general original credit software requirements at http://mtda.link/techreq
This specific course requires the following:
COURSE AVAILABILITY (SUBJECT TO RESOURCE AND TEACHER AVAILABILITY):
Spring: semester available
Summer: not available
LEAD TEACHER:
Trisha Carlson, Kalispell Public Schools, trisha.carlson.mtda@mtda.org