CISE 5050 Historical and Social Context of American Schooling

This course is designed to introduce post-baccalaureate K-12 teacher certification candidates to the social foundations of American education through a consideration of the social and historical context of American schools. Candidates will explore practical pedagogical issues, such as teaching in urban schools, planning and teaching lessons, developing teacher-parent relationships, using educational technology, and engaging in school reforms, and examine them in their social and historical context. There is a twenty hour field requirement for the course consisting of observations and interviews that candidates will do a K-12 students, teachers and/or administrators in their home communities or the university community.
Credits: 3.0