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Fall 2008

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Course Description:

This course is intended as a source of ideas, guidelines, and suggestions for the improvement of instruction in the secondary school content areas including junior high and middle schools.  Combines theoretical and practical learning experiences for the secondary school content teacher.  Special emphasis is placed on unit teaching, inquiry, conceptual, and constructivist techniques, on the critical use of varied activities and materials, on knowledge of local, state, and national standards, and on development of democratic classroom atmosphere in order to promote learning.  Pre-requisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; suggested concurrent enrollment in ED 454 Professional Strategies, ED 427 Professional Seminar 1, and ED 458 Internship I (6-12)

Minimum Computer Requirements:

Win 2000/XP or Mac OSX Pentium/G3 1Ghz w/ 1.5 GB RAM
High Speed Internet Access Recommended*
Firefox 1.5.0.11 or Internet Explorer 6x
Java runtime environment 1.5.11 (J2SE) 5.0 update 11 for Windows and (J2SE) 5.0 Release 4 for OSX
UPDATES-Make sure you download security patches for your operating system. If you're a Microsoft Windows user, get your monthly updates at www.microsoft.com/security. If you use Mac, check out updates at www.mac.com/support.

*Courses can be accessed via 56K modem connections although due to the long page load times this type of connection is not recommended and any connectivity problems due to this type of connection are not supported by Lewis-Clark State College.  

On Campus Requirements:

Please contact the insturctor.

Other Information:

On-line discussions may be required during this course. The LCMail account and BbCE course mail are the only accounts that will be used to contact students regarding online courses. An LCMail account is automatically assigned to students when they enroll. Access to this email account is found at http://lcmail.lcsc.edu. BbCE course mail is enabled when a student is enrolled in a BbCE course. Access to BbCE course mail is through each BbCE course. BbCE course mail is an internal mail system only and cannot be accessed outside of a BbCE course. Please check with your instructor to determine the preferred method of contact.