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Secondary Teaching Methods –
med560
(3 credits)
This course focuses on enhancing learning at the secondary level. Current trends and issues affecting the secondary classroom are examined, including communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Participants develop and evaluate standards-based instruction, curricular materials, and assessment strategies aligned to 21st-century skills.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Review
- All objectives apply.
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Purposes and Principles of Assessment
- Critique the reporting of student achievement.
- Analyze the assessment process.
- Explain the language of assessment.
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Professional Roles and Responsibilities
- Determine best practices for creating a positive learning environment.
- Describe the characteristics of intelligent behavior.
- Summarize legal guidelines.
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The 21st Century Classroom
- Integrate technology to enhance learning.
- Identify strategies for building cultural competency.
- Compare management strategies.
- Create a plan for effective student-centered instruction.
- Analyze curriculum choices for the 21st century.
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Learning in a Global Society
- List strategies to develop creativity and critical thinking.
- Explain the value of creativity in a global society.
- Identify ways to increase collaboration.
- Explain the role of communication in global society
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Secondary Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Illustrate the connection between globalization and education.
- Identify trends, challenges, and issues.
- Analyze shifting demographics.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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