Apr 19, 2024  
University Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019 
    
University Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDU 4109 - Methods and Materials in English (6)


Prerequisites: Students must be admitted a full semester prior to student teaching. The following methods and materials courses are intended to give an understanding of the special teaching procedures and materials related to each of the special fields of teaching. These courses provide an understanding of teaching procedures, classroom management, reading skills, and effective teaching strategies and materials related to specialized subjects areas. These courses are components of the Senior Semester in Teacher Education for elementary, middle school, secondary, and specialty area majors. The student teacher completes the professional portfolio and participates in mock interviews and specialty area coaching sessions. Prerequisite to all methods courses are admission to the Teacher Education Program and an overall GPA of at least 2.5. Corequisites: EDU 4200  Student Teaching. This course, completed concurrently with EDU 4209 , is an examination of instructional strategies which provides opportunities to discuss, demonstrate, and evaluate a variety of methods in the teaching of English. The skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening are reviewed to develop the ability to impart these skills to students. This course provides a survey of current issues in teaching English, effective teaching methods, classroom management techniques, and a review of philosophies of student discipline. The student teacher completes the professional portfolio and participates in mock interviews and specialty area coaching sessions.


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