EST 371 - Practicum in Middle Childhood Education

[3 credit(s)]

Prerequisites: Prior application to the Office of Field Services is required; course prerequisites are listed on application; 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.

Semesters Offered: Every Fall

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