EDU 3128N - Instructional Methods & Classroom Management Strategies: Grades

Institution:

Dowling College (Closed)

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Description:

3 credit The focus of this course is on facilitating the development of individual classroom management skills that are effective, consistent with research and theory-based models and compatible with the participant's personality and frame of reference. Participants will be grouped in con tent-diverse cohorts and will work within their cohorts to meet many of the course objectives. Participants reflect upon their own philosophies and theories of education, definitions of discipline, and causes of student behavior. Working in cohorts, participants discuss essential student behaviors that are necessary for classroom learning. From such an exam ination, participants develop their own classroom codes of conduct, develop an understanding of not only the types of possible misbehaviors that will confront them as teachers, but more importantly the causes of such discipline problems. Emphasis is placed on classroom management through meaningful curriculum and effective instruction. Various simple and complex models of cooperative learning are discussed and modeled and students demonstrate their skills to the class. Through discussion of current classroom management models participants gain an understanding that an effective classroom management system goes beyond rules and consequences; focus is given to relationship-build ing, curriculum, instruction, problem-solving and parental support. Through discussion, modeling and role-playing, students are afforded the opportunity to develop an understanding of preventing, suppressing and redirecting common classroom discipline problems. One of the require ments is the presentation of a lesson of the cohort's choos ing. The purpose of the lesson and its presentation is to demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of a topic within the 7-12 cur riculum. Each member will demonstrate his/her teaching skills while pre senting a portion of the lesson to the class. Prerequisites: EDU 1021A, EDU 1081A, EDU 1140A or SMP 1032A, EDU 3146N, EDU 4150A, (EDU 1160A if seeking middle childhood certification); LIB 1101N; PSY 2016A; comple tion of 24 credits in content courses; and minimum G.P.A. of 2.5. Corequisite: EDU 3127N. Offered: 2008 - 2010.

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12.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DOWLING.EDU

Phone Number:

(631) 244-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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