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=FIELDWORK AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE= Field experiences are a method for deepening the pre-service teacher's understanding of the program's central goal, which is to create teachers who are reflective innovators serving in communities with head, heart, and hands. Fieldwork enables students to observe and work with practitioners who share these same goals. Fieldwork experiences offer opportunities for candidates to interact with students with exceptionalities and students from different ethnic, racial, gender, socioeconomic, language, and religious groups. Fieldwork opportunities allow pre-service candidates to become involved in a variety of school-based activities focused on improving teaching and learning. Through the advanced fieldwork experiences, students have opportunities to become members of instructional teams in the school and to become more than witnesses to professional collaborative decisions. =INTRODUCTORY FIELDWORK= Students considering a career in any form of pre K-12 education should begin with this course, which explores the nature of schooling and the experience of being a student and a teacher. The course spans the semester in order to give ample time for observing and, within limits, participating in local schools--public and private, traditional and alternative. Students are introduced to the world of educational research and the many perspectives available for understanding diverse students, teachers, and schools. Students are also introduced to the Teacher Education Program, PRAXIS I, and other admission requirements. In this class you will visit at the Mountain Area Child and Family Center and at least four local K-12 schools. You will travel in small groups during regular classtime. You will write about your observations in an on-line forum, and what you learn from these observations will be incorporated into a a final project and essay. This course is for students considering a career teaching science to children or adolescents. The focus will be on the nature of science teaching in K-12 schools and in other settings not requiring teaching licenses, such as environmental centers. The course spans the semester in order to give ample time for observing and, within limits, participating in local schools and science centers. Careers in science education will be explored and discussed. Students will be introduced to the Teacher Education Program and provided information about state and other requirements for teacher licensing. In this class you will visit school sites and other setting to observe science education in action. =EDU 305 Educational Psychology= In this course, students consider psychological principles and research findings as they apply to teaching and learning. Topics include examination of intelligence, cognition, motivation, cultural diversity, community and classroom leadership and management. In addition, students will examine a variety of instructional strategies and methods of assessing the learner’s progress. Particular emphasis will be placed on the application of research-based practices as they can be observed and used in a variety of learning situations. //A field component that provides opportunities for observation and teaching in a public school setting is an integral component of the course. Over the course of the semester, students regularly travel as a class group to observe and participate in a public school classroom.// =ADVANCED FIELDWORK= Elementary Education Students independently travel to and work with an assigned local teacher during literacy instruction for the duration of the semester. Students are expected to be at the site at least 10 of the 16 weeks of the semester. The class meeting time is reserved for these fieldwork experiences, but the student may arrange different hours for fieldwork with the approval of the instructor and the assigned classroom teacher. Students will complete an extensive observation log and submit a weekly reflective journal. This fieldwork course is designed to accompany EDU 321 Reading/Language Arts Curriculum. (Students are evaluated on a pass/fail basis.) =EDU 435 Curriculum Fieldwork K-12= Students independently travel to and work with assigned local teacher (K-6, or 9-12) for the duration of the semester. Students are expected to be at the site at least 10 of the 16 weeks of the semester, with a requirement of 30-40 contact hours. Students will work closely with the host teacher in order to understand and participate in curriculum design and, as appropriate, instruction. Students will serve in a classroom where they may apply to be placed as a student teacher in a subsequent semester. The class meeting time is reserved for these fieldwork experiences, but the student may arrange different hours for fieldwork with the approval of the instructor and the assigned classroom teacher. Students will complete an extensive observation log and submit a weekly reflective journal This fieldwork course is designed to accompany EDU 402 Secondary School Curriculum or EDU 416 Integrated Curriculum K-6. (Students are evaluated on a pass/fail basis.) //// This course is a fieldwork opportunity for students who have a semester between their Curriculum Activities courses in the Elementary Education Major or the Secondary Licensing Program and their student teaching assignment. Registration for this course facilitates an extended on- site experience with the expected or requested cooperating teacher. In addition to observing in the classroom and assisting the teacher, students must do some project to benefit the classroom. This project may incorporate a service-learning extended project. For example, students enrolled might build a butterfly garden with the students in the classroom, or aid with technology utilization for a project, or do sustained tutoring with a select group of individuals.
 * EDU 215 Classroom Observation K-12**
 * EDU 293 Explorations in Science Education**
 * The advanced fieldwork assignments** are more independently structured. Your fieldwork experience will enhance your other EDU coursework, but there are specific requirements for earning credit (awarded only on a P/F basis).
 * EDU 335 Literacy Fieldwork K-6 **
 * EDU 335 Literacy Fieldwork K-6 **
 * EDU 335 Literacy Fieldwork K-6 **
 * EDU 390 Pre-Student Teaching Field Assignment**
 * Prerequisite:** Admission to the Teacher Education Program