TED-2061 Field Experience for Educational Psychology

Credits 1
This course allows students to engage in guided observations of the teaching and learning process. They will spend at least 15 clock hours in a school at a level at which they want to be certified. Students will attend a seminar at PGCC every other week. This field experience is an opportunity to apply concepts learned in PSY-2060 to the processes of teaching and learning at a local school.
Prerequisite(s): Reading proficiency; EGL-1010. It is required that A.A.T. students take TED-2061 and PSY-2060 concurrently.
EDU-2350.
(Not offered summer.)

Course Outcomes

Complete a portfolio that shows and explains how cognitive development impacts instruction, learning, and assessment.
Relate lesson planning and instructional teaching methods to cognitive and developmental theories.
Understand, articulate, and exemplify principles of professional practice for educators.
Describe the relationship between behavior, learning, and motivation.
Achieve satisfactory or superior ratings from their mentor teachers on dimensions of professionalism, communication skills, flexibility, and ethics.
Describe the impact multicultural concepts have on teaching and learning.