IDIS 375 - Methods and Pedagogies for Secondary Social Studies

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FA, alternate years. This seminar applies an active, student-centered learning approach in order to introduce students to the methods and practices of teaching the humanities and social sciences, including economics, geography, government, history, and psychology at the middle and high school level. The course prepares students for student teaching by providing practical instruction in curricular standards, unit planning, lesson planning, teaching resources, classroom methods, and assessment instruments, and exploring these in light of Christian understandings of human nature and pedagogy. This course should normally be taken before student teaching. Prerequisite(s): Internship I (EDUC 308; or EDUC 315, EDUC 350, MATH 324, and SCES 310) or permission of the instructor.