2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

EDU 470/471 - Practicum III Middle/Secondary Schools Practicum and Seminar

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): EDU 226 or EDU 328 , EDU 228 , EDU 344 , EDU 350 , and EDU 450/455
This two-credit seminar and one-credit practicum provide students with opportunities to further explore teaching strategies and methods as well as to gain more experience in real-world classrooms. Students engage in seminar discussions based on their observations and experiences in their practicum placement. Students engage in the reflective-action process as a basis for professional growth and development. Emphasis will be placed on planning effective lessons and meeting the needs of diverse learners. English specialization middle and secondary grades majors will be assigned to a field placement where they work with ESOL students and are under the supervision of an ESOL-endorsed teacher. In this culminating practicum, students will fulfill the requirements of Competency 5 of the Florida Department of Education's Reading Endorsement and demonstrate knowledge of the components of reading, as well as assessments and data analysis, to implement a comprehensive research-based reading plan of instruction. The practicum, EDU 470, is a pass/fail course.