Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

EDSE 3500 - Secondary School Planning and Management of Instruction


This course develops students’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions for the teaching profession in a changing world, including the skills to systematically design, implement, evaluate, and reflect on secondary school teaching and learning to support higher order thinking abilities among children. It addresses the standards and competencies required for teacher licensure, including alignment of various instructional methods (e.g., direct instruction, cooperative learning, and effective classroom management) with theories of learning, motivation, and affect. It also addresses differentiation of content and instruction and the importance of collaboration with guardians, community members, and other education professionals to support all students through an early field experience.

Requisites: EDTE 3730 concurrent and Admission to Advanced Standing
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to develop teaching philosophies and goals that support life-long learning and continuous reflection.
  • Students will be able to compare the uses, benefits, and drawbacks of a variety of instructional strategies.
  • Students will be able to construct differentiated resources and tools to support the learning of all students.
  • Students will be able to explain the characteristics of a safe, engaging, and student-centered learning environment using knowledge of students and principles of classroom management.
  • Students will be able to design developmentally appropriate, standards-aligned, and community-connected lessons.
  • Students will be able to analyze their teaching performance in terms of research on effective teaching practices and learning theories.
  • Students will be able to explain how key court cases and legal requirements impact academic freedom and the role of teachers in the classroom.


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