ED 6220 - Middle Level School Curriculum

The purpose of this course is first for graduate students to review the developmental issues studied in ED 6210 and to bring these perspectives to bear on the historical, philosophical, theoretical, socio-political, and practical aspects of developing effective middle level school structures and classroom pedagogy. Graduate students will be involved in an analysis of some current structural and/or pedagogical elements of the schools and classrooms where they teach which will include the redesign of those elements toward greater responsiveness to the developmental and educational needs of the early adolescent learner. In addition, the instructor will conduct a formal analysis of each course participant’s pedagogy during their instructional time in a middle level setting.

Credits: 3 hrs.

Notes: Open to Graduate Students Only.