EDUC 1300U – Foundations I: Planning and Preparation + 22 days Field Experience

This course provides teacher candidates with an overview of approaches to teaching and learning, with an emphasis on the interconnected nature of planning, instruction, assessment, and managing student behaviours within a classroom. The course will include an examination of Ontario curriculum documents, supporting resources, as well as a review of current research and theory related to instruction and classroom practices within the Ontario context. The emphasis will be on classroom methods and approaches that have broad applicability across curriculum areas and across a wide range of behavioural, emotional, and academic issues.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 4
Note(s): Restricted to BEd students.

Students who do not achieve both a minimum B- grade in this course and complete a successful practicum during the term in which the associated Foundations course is scheduled will be removed from the program.
Experiential learning: Yes