EST 571 - Practicum in Middle Childhood Education

(3 credits)

Prerequisite(s): Prior application and approval of the Office of Field Services; must be taken concurrently with methods courses as specified by program. Structured field experience designed to accompany specific methods courses and to prepare middle childhood education majors for student teaching; stresses practical application of methods and theory with emphasis on the various roles of a teacher. Students begin formulating a personal philosophy for teaching while working four half-days per week in an upper elementary, middle, or junior high school classroom under the direction of a cooperating teacher and a University supervisor; includes seminar. Required for middle childhood teaching license.

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