ED 2900 - K-8 Teaching as a Profession

This course is designed around four inter-related purposes: First, pre-education students explore their suitability and interest in teaching grades K-8, including developing and applying fundamental skills of reading and academic writing. Second, it engages students in fieldwork to examine the profession and activities of teaching with children in grades K-8. Third, the course explores the interface between K-8 schooling and the social, political, and cultural concepts and issues in education. Fourth, it introduces the Elementary Education program at WMU, emphasizing program expectations that include students’ passion for teaching and learning, development of academic skills and knowledge, and critical dispositions necessary to become an exceptional teacher.

Credits: 3 hours

When Offered: Fall and Spring