EDG 3410 - Classroom Management and Communication K

Institution:

Miami Dade College

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Description:

This course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic skills and knowledge needed to develop practical strategies and techniques to create a positive and cooperative classroom climate for maximum learning. The course emphasizes organization and management of multiple learning environments and multiple approaches to instructional delivery. This includes alternative instructional strategies such as, but not limited to, collaborative learning, peer tutoring, linked course and coordinated studies learning communities. In addition, the course stresses the influence of environmental factors on behavior, the accountability of students for their own behavior, and an analysis of the legal and ethical issues pertaining to positive behavioral management strategies and disciplinary actions. Finally, the course emphasizes the cognitive, linguistic, affective and cultural needs of individual students so that teachers may design safe and appropriate instructional settings. A minimum of 10 hours of observation/teaching specifically related to principles of learning and development are required. Prerequisite: EDF 3111 (3 hour lecture)

Credits:

3.00 - 12.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mdc.edu/main/

Phone Number:

(305) 237-8888

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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