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TCH/510

Secondary Teaching Methods

Online

Format

$525

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

4 weeks

Course length

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Course level: Continuing Teacher Education

This course focuses on the pedagogy and methodology that can be used to enhance learning across content areas at the secondary level. The components of instructional planning, as well as current trends and issues in education, are examined. Participants develop and evaluate standards-based instruction, lesson delivery techniques, and assessment strategies aligned to 21st century skills. This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, and Kentucky.

Prerequisites

None

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What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

Secondary Education: Past, Present, and Future

  • Identify current trends, challenges, and issues in secondary education.
  • Analyze how external factors may influence changes in the field of education.
  • Identify strategies for building cultural competency in secondary classrooms.
  • Identify the characteristics of a 21st century classroom.

Planning for Instruction

  • Examine the role of national and state standards in guiding instructional planning.
  • Distinguish between goals and objectives.
  • Demonstrate the components of instructional planning.
  • Integrate technology into instructional planning.
  • Analyze how learning styles and modalities influence instructional design.

Selecting and Implementing Instructional Strategies

  • Differentiate between student-centered and teacher-centered instruction.
  • Develop questioning techniques that deepen students’ content knowledge and check for students’ understanding.
  • Identify ways to foster learners’ engagement through collaboration and critical thinking.
  • Critique the effectiveness of different lesson delivery scenarios.
  • Examine ways to create opportunities for diverse secondary students to demonstrate their learning in various ways.

Assessment of Teaching and Learning

  • Explain the purpose of assessment and the principles that guide this process.
  • Examine how data is used to identify students’ prior knowledge and diverse needs and to enhance instruction.
  • Illustrate different types of assessment items that are linked to instructional objectives.

Why UOPX

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

Next Steps

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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. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. Although our continuing teacher education courses are accepted by some state agencies in the United States toward teacher certifications and endorsements, this may not be the case in all states or foreign jurisdictions. If you plan to use courses for certification or endorsement, please check with your own state agency and your school district for applicability. Continuing teacher education courses are not eligible to apply to degree programs at University of Phoenix. These courses are not eligible for federal financial aid. 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. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

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