EDSEC 230  Early Field Experience

Kansas State University

Intersession 2007

One credit hour

 

Instructor:                    Dr. Frederick Burrack

Office:                         308 McCain Auditorium

Phone:                         Office: 785-532-5764   Home: 785-537-4483    Cel: 765-744-9015

E-mail:             fburrack@ksu.edu

 

GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION

Includes 40 hours of supervised field experiences examining selected aspects of music teaching and the learning environment, including students and learning, content and pedagogy, planning, instruction, and professionalism. Requires written reports, analyses, and reflections for each daily school visit.

 

CLASS DELIVERY FORMAT

The class will meet one time prior to intersession for orientation concerning the Early Field Experience.  In this session, the Teacher Aide Handbook will be reviewed, and procedures for the aiding and the daily reports will be described. The school visits begin on the first day that your school is in session after the New Year. You will be expected to attend all school activities before, during and after school until you have accumulated 40 hours of field experience.  If you feel you need to observe prior to Christmas vacation to document 40 hours, you must contact your cooperating teaching on your own.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

As a result of the field experiences, this course will help you to:

1.         Identify the roles and responsibilities of effective teachers

2.         Identify characteristics of the teaching/learning environment.

3.         Assess your interest and commitment to teaching.

 

TEACHER AIDE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSESSMENT

This course will be graded as credit or no credit. To receive credit for this course, you must meet each of the following responsibilities at a satisfactory level:

á      Attend the orientation session on campus.

á      Report for aiding every time on your scheduled day and time (and meet your total clock hour time commitment for aiding)

á      Prepare field experience reflections and portfolio.

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Students are expected to do their own work, and not plagiarize or cheat.  Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on the exam, paper, or project; failure in the course; and/or expulsion from the university.  For more information, refer to the website for the KSU Undergraduate Honor System at www.ksu.edu/honor. On all course work undertaken by students in this class, the following pledge is implied, whether or not it is stated:  ÒOn my honor, as a student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.Ó

 

LEARNING ACCOMMODATIONS:  If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it or which will require academic accommodations, please notify Dr. Burrack immediately.