SSTE 475 - PRAXIS I Seminar + Fieldwork

Upper Division

This class builds on what you are learning in SSTE 440: Teaching for Social Justice and Liberation and SSTE 415: Humanizing Education Methods. In this class, you will continue to be challenged as intellectuals and as critically reflective practitioners. You will take what you learn here and directly apply it to your observation of cooperating teachers and to your own teaching pracIn this class, you will closely observe mentor teachers in their practices of establishing classroom communities. You will be challenged to learn more about your students and integrate what you learn into your planning. Strengths and challenges in your teaching practice will be assessed (through review of a video recorded lesson segment and through observation by your college supervisor). Throughout the class, you will be guided through shared inquiry and reflection as a method of improving your practice as a professional educator. You will also be called to integrate what you have learned in your placements into your methods class. The two are not separate; rather theories, principles, classroom practice, and reflection inform one another in the praxis cycle.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: SSTE 375

Course credits: 3