Tennessee State University

Professional Education Unit

 

Department of Teaching and Learning

 

Field Study in Education

EDCI 2200  70 and 71

Spring Semester 2013

 

Instructor:  Deborah Bellamy

Phone:  963-1556

E-mail:  dbellamy@tnstate.edu

Office Location 300 bld-103-B

Class Days/Times/Room: TBA

Office Hours:  Thursday 11:30-2:30

Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education/Background Check and Prereq. EDCI 2100

Required Text(s): none

Co requisite: EDCI 3500-70/71 and EDRD 3500 70/71

Catalog Description

A course that presents problems of teachers in active service in the fields of methods of teaching, curriculum materials, school community relationships, and school organization.

Course Proficiencies*

(*Course proficiencies are based on the seven (7) Key Performance Areas which have identified by the Professional Education Unit. The complete listing of Key Performance Areas is available at www.tnstate.edu/coeweb -> student resources -> key performance areas.)

Knowledge and Skills

1b4.    Designs instruction to cause students to integrate content knowledge, skills, and inquiry across content areas.

1b6.    Includes instructional experiences relevant to students, real life, and student career pathways.

1c1.     Uses aggregated and disaggregated data from state assessments, and classroom formal and informal assessments to identify the diverse needs of students as a whole class, as groups, and as individuals.

2a4.    Facilitates students in constructing their own understanding of the content in large group, small group, and independent settings, and provides specific, corrective feedback relevant to the task.

2b1.    Emphasizes student ownership of learning through connecting the content and content standards to employability and/or postsecondary education.

2b4.    Communicates the content to students through research based methods, activities, and materials specific to the content that are differentiated for diverse learners.

3c3.     Reflects on strategies, methods, materials, and activities used in instruction and seeks feedback from colleagues.

3c4.     Demonstrates efficacy with struggling students and diverse groups.

4a1.    Exhibits enthusiasm and positive disposition toward the content area and conveys high expectations for success to students.

5c2.     Performs assigned duties in a timely manner with a professional disposition.

6a1.    Uses effective and correct verbal and non-verbal language appropriate to the audience and models effective communication strategies through questioning, listening, clarifying, and restating.

6a2.    Communicates subject matter clearly and correctly, verbally and written, in a style easily understood by stakeholders in the education community

7a2.    Demonstrates competence in development of and application of content-specific pedagogical skills based on Tennessee and specialized professional association (SPA) criteria.

Dispositions

D1.      Plan: Value learners’ experiences and strengths as a basis for growth and their errors as learning opportunities.

D2.      Maximize Learning: Provide quality education to all learners, encourage critical thinking and self efficacy, and believe in and help all to succeed.

D3.      Evaluate: Facilitate ongoing learning through reflection and assessment.

D4.      Manage: Maintain a positive and productive learning environment that also both encourages and protects learners.

D5.      Model Professionalism: Consistently demonstrate caring, fairness, responsibility, professional dress and behaviors, appropriate interactions, professional standards and ethics, commitment to service, and respect for all learners and constituents.

D6.      Communicate: Habitually communicate effectively in all teaching and learning interactions, cooperate with all constituents, and value the communication of others.

Field Experience Information

Level 1, 2, and 3 Field Experience Activities Required.

Expectations, Grades and General Information

1)      Attendance- Attendance is mandatory at all sessions. Arrangement for all absences must be made in advance with the professor. Two absences and/or tardiness will result in a reduced final grade.

2)      Academic Integrity - You are responsible for what you achieve in this class; therefore neither cheating nor plagiarism will be tolerated. Any material taken from another work must be documented, and in no case should one represent another’s work as one’s own, this includes information received from others during examinations or submitting another’s assignments, papers, etc. as one’s own. Students involved in collaborative research, to avoid questions of plagiarism, should exercise extreme caution. If in doubt, students should check with the major professor. In addition to the other possible disciplinary sanctions which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, the instructor has the authority to assign an “F” or a zero for the exercise or examination, or to assign an “F” in the course.

3)      Make-up Work-Make-up work should never be required. If necessary, each case will be arranged on its own merits. All late work will be penalized 10 points and an additional 2 points each day up to two weeks after the due date. After the two week period, an “F” or a zero will be assigned for the exercise or examination

4)      Classroom conduct – The instructor has the primary responsibility for control over classroom behavior and maintenance of academic integrity, and can order temporary removal or exclusion from the classroom of any student engaged in disruptive conduct or conduct in violation of the general rules and regulations of the institution.

5)      Official Course Enrollment - Students who are not on the official class roll may not remain in class. These students must leave class and may not return to class until they enroll in the course and their names show up on the official class roster. Please make sure you are in the correct section.

6)      Disabled Student Services – Any student who has a condition which might interfere with his/her performance in class is required to contact the office of Disabled Student Services. This office is located in room #117 Floyd Payne Student Center. The phone number is 963-7400. They will provide you with a document stating what type of classroom accommodations, if any, are to be made by the instructor. The student is to give a copy of this document to the instructor no later than the end of the second week of class. Failure to do so will result in the instructor making no special accommodations of any kind.

7)      Changes to the Course Syllabus-The instructor reserve the right to make modifications to this syllabus.

Additional Readings/Resources

Noddings, N., (1992). The Challenge to Care in Schools. New York, NT; Teacher College Press.

Tharp, R.G., Estrada, P., S.S.& Yamauchi, L.A. (2000). Teaching transformed: Achieving Excellence, fairness, inclusion, and harmony. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Wong, H.K. & Wong, R.T. (1998). How to be an effective teacher: The first days of school. Harry K Wong Publications, Inc.