EDEC 41113 - Learner-Centered Teaching: Foundations

Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program or written permission of the Dean, College of Education. Concurrent enrollment in Senior I courses. This course explores the foundations of educational thought, practice and policy through the works of influential philosophers. Through lectures, readings, study groups, discussion, and team and individual assignments students learn about perennialist, essentialist, pragmatic, critical pedagogy, and postmodern influences in education. Students also study ethics and legal issues as they apply to professional development of teachers, as well as integrating philosophical inquiry and ethical considerations into the curriculum for young children. This course meets core requirement for the citizenship and Social Values, and Writing Emphasis.





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