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Education: KICA Secondary Methods Courses
Graded A-B-C-D-F (+/-) and grade will be computed in the GPA. Note: All expenses incurred for travel during clinical practice are the responsibility of the student.
ED380 Clinical Practice: Secondary
See course description for ED376.
ED381 Clinical Practice: Secondary Vocal Music
See course description for ED376.
See course description for ED376.
ED383 Clinical Practice: Secondary Art
See course description for ED376.
ED384 Clinical Practice: Secondary Health and Physical Education
See course description for ED376.
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ED395 Clinical Practice Seminar 1 hour
This course is taken in conjunction with clinical practice. It serves as a supplement and support to clinical practice. Students will be introduced to current best practices and review skills already studied in earlier courses. Integral parts of this course will include evening study sessions for the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) test and implementation of the Bethany Teacher Work Sample, both of which are required by the State of Kansas for teaching licensure.
The following are discipline-specific secondary methods courses offered by the Kansas Independent College Association (KICA; see Section II) to students enrolled at the following KICA institutions: Bethany College, Bethel College, Kansas Wesleyan University, McPherson College, Sterling College, Tabor College, and Central Christian College. Although Bethany offers a generic course (ED342) in instructional planning, methodology, classroom management, and evaluation at the secondary level, these KICA courses focus on instructional planning and delivery strategies (including, where applicable, laboratory techniques), curriculum trends and research findings, technological applications, applicable safety procedures, instructional resources, and professional organizations and their literature appropriate to specific secondary discipline areas. Bethany students seeking certification and/or endorsement at the secondary level are required to take both the generic course offered here on campus and the KICA-sponsored methods course(s) in their particular discipline(s).
This course is designed to provide the prospective teacher with knowledge and skills for teaching the natural sciences at the secondary level (grades 6-12). Content includes curriculum selection and design, safe laboratory management and operation, integration of curriculum, inclusionary practices, methods and modalities of teaching, assessment, classroom application of various forms of technology, and professional organizations. Microteaching, classroom observation, and group and self-evaluation are included. Prerequisite: ED342 Teaching Methods in the Secondary School. (Offered spring semester). Must apply to teacher education or consent of the education department chair.
ED415 Methods for Teaching English & Language Arts in the Secondary School 3 hours
This course is designed to assist clinical practitioners in becoming confident, effective professional educators in secondary level English (grades 6-12). Students will become familiar with a variety of specific methods to use in teaching literature, composition, and language. Among topics to be considered will be current trends in English curriculum development, the six-trait writing process, inclusionary practices, classroom organization, assessment, classroom application of various forms of technology, and professional organizations. Each student will develop a unit of instruction suitable for a secondary level classroom. Prerequisite: ED342 Teaching Methods in the Secondary School. (Offered spring semester). Must apply to teacher education or consent of the education department chair.
This course requires students to apply speech and drama content to the techniques needed for effective secondary level (grades 6-12) classroom teaching. Opportunities are provided for students to exercise their teaching skills in the areas of unit plans, daily lesson plans, teaching strategies, evaluation, assessment, classroom management, inclusion and different learning styles.
