Field Experience in Middle/Secondary Education and Special Education

Required for students with a minor in secondary education, this course provides students with the opportunity to explore secondary teaching and special education at the middle school level. Working closely with practicing middle school teachers, students will spend five days a week (8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.) in the schools, observing, tutoring, directing small-group learning, developing lessons, and assessing student work. In the seminar associated with the field experience, students will explore, through selected readings and a case study, the policy and pedagogy of special education for students with learning disabilities. Further topics in middle/secondary education will be addressed. Enrollment limited to 15. (formerly TEDU 0327) (Pass/Fail)