The Integrated Bachelor's/Master's Teacher Education Program

Program Tenets - Junior Year:
A Common Core of Pedagogical Knowledge

In the Junior Year, centered on "Student as Learner", all students, regardless of grade level and content area specializations, take core courses designed to help them learn about students as learners (e.g., learning theory, assessment, issues of exceptionality, etc.) and about schools as social institutions. These courses are designed to build a solid knowledge base that will be useful to prospective teachers of special and regular education, of elementary and secondary students, and of any content area.

The clinic assignment in the initial phase of the program is six hours each week spent in a Professional Development Center (PDC) school, where students can learn firsthand about student learning.   Students participate in a seminar course designed to bridge the gap between the core courses and the clinic placement.