Elementary K-8 Advanced Curricular Inquiry

3 credits · Undergraduate

(Lecture/Seminar with variable meeting hours) As pre-service teachers, students explore the effectiveness of instructional methods and strategies, reflective decision-making, and engage in collegial activities to support professional growth in elementary teaching. In the course, students engage with the concept of teacher-as-professional inquirer, advanced pedagogical theories and the implementation of these theories in practice. Students intensively investigate one or more curricular topics and critical reflection in connecting theory and practice within professional learning. Course activities culminate in presentation of the products generated from each student's inquiry process. Restrictions: Student must be in the final certification year.