TED 200 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession

Lower Division

Concurrently
TED 200EL

Prerequisites
JCL 100 recommended

Presenting both historical and current views of teaching and education, this course encourages students to think more critically about what teaching is, what teachers do, and the complex interconnections between society, policy, culture, and schools. Providing a beginning foundation for the teaching profession, students will develop research and theory-based views of social justice education, the production of knowledge, multicultural contexts of schools as well as contemporary issues related to educational policy and educational reform.

This course is open to all undergraduate students interested in the teaching profession and is a requirement for students in undergraduate teacher education programs (SSTE, MSTE and SPED) and an option for the JCL Education Concentration.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: EDUC 020

Course credits: 3