SyllabusEDU101

=EDU 101 - Introduction to Secondary/Middle Education= =Spring 2009=

Introduction to Theory and Practice in Secondary/Middle Education provides an overview of the field, including historical and contemporary influences, knowledge of the learner, and the study of teaching from both a personal and professional development perspective. It is intended for people who would like to know more about the field of teaching in secondary and middle schools, whether they are certain or not so certain that they want to be a teacher. (This 2-credit course is offered in conjunction with SED 125, Education of Exceptional Learners.)

This course is designed to answer the following Essential Questions:
 * How do I become a teacher?
 * How can I be successful at UMF?
 * How can diversity in the classroom help me be a better teacher?
 * Which theories and historical influences should most impact the schools we'd like to have?
 * How do I start thinking like a teacher (instead of as a student)?

//The Bedford Handbook//, Seventh Edition by Diana Hacker (given free to all UMF freshmen). Additionally, you will use the Internet and other resources available on campus and in the Mallett Library.
 * Required Textbooks:** //[|The Joy of Teaching]// by Gene Hall, Linda Quinn, and Donna Gollnick.

Grading
The grade for this class will be based on the following:
 * 50% - Participation in class activities, assignments, projects, and discussions, including blog entries.
 * 20% - EDU 101 Notebook and how well you have documented evidence of your learning in this course in each of the four areas.
 * 20% - Educational Shifts wiki page.
 * 10% - Personal Philosophy paper.

Conceptual Framework (C3TEP)
The University of Maine at Farmington prepares caring teachers, competent educators and confident professionals, grounded in the arts and sciences, who will become the educational leaders of the 21st century.

__Caring Teachers__
 * Build respectful relationships
 * Create communities of learners
 * Support and encourage successful learning for all students
 * Honor and respond to differences
 * Utilize knowledge of human development

__Competent Educators__
 * Design, plan, implement and evaluate instruction
 * Use best practices for instruction and assessment
 * Know content and strategies for integration
 * Communicate clearly and effectively
 * Solve problems creatively and constructively
 * Use the tools of a changing world

__Confident Professionals__
 * Collaborate effectively with families, communities, and colleagues
 * Practice reflective, self-directed, life-long learning
 * Demonstrate a commitment to ethical and legal responsibilities
 * Contribute to and lead in diverse societies

Standards
Students will be introduced to the 10 Maine Standards for Teaching as part of the curriculum in this course. They are introduced to the standards as a whole and to their purpose as well as being introduced to the concept and content of each standard. There are no specific expectations for mastery of any of the standards in this introductory course.