EDU 657 - Elementary School Practicum and Research Seminar

(B) This course has two components. Students will participate in a 100-hour practicum in an elementary school setting. Here they will work collaboratively with the classroom teacher in areas of planning, instruction, assessment and classroom management that will lead them towards a clearer understanding of the role of the teacher in the classroom and prepare them for the more intense student teacher semester.

In addition, they will attend a weekly seminar focusing on issues related to the practicum. They will also explore issues, trends and practices in classroom inquiry and teacher action research that will lead to the development of a research proposal for the M.S.T. program master’s project. The M.S.T. coordinator will oversee the students’ practicum experience. Prerequisites: EDU 516 and 650. (3 cr. hr.)