New York City College of Technology /CUNY
Career and Technology Teacher Education
Preparing Reflective and Caring Technical Educators for a World of Technology and Diversity
Spring 2013
COURSE:
EDU 2362 Methods of Teaching in Career & Technology Education 1 (3 cl.hrs., 3 crs.)
INSTRUCTOR:
E-MAIL:
Dr. Godfrey I. Nwoke
OFFICE:
Room M-202
gnwoke@citytech.cuny.edu Phone: (718) 260-5373
OFFICE HOURS:
Thursday, 4-6 p.m. (or by appointment)
Candidate Proficiencies/Performance Expectations in P/T/D Conceptual Framework:
Our candidates are prepared to demonstrate:
1. General Knowledge
2. Technical Competency
3. Professional Competency
4. Competency in the Use of Technology
5. Caring Dispositions
6. Reflective Practice
7. Sensitivity to Diversity
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Experience in and development of teaching skills utilizing lectures, demonstrations, models, exhibits,
mock-ups, and other methods of instruction. Lesson-planning, use and construction of instructional
devices, selection and sequencing of subject matter.
PREREQUISITES: None
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of EDU 2362, you will be able to:
1. Critically analyze various methods of instruction as they relate to a diverse student population.
2. Select teaching strategies consistent with educational objectives with the goal of developing
professional competence.
3. Analyze the elements of a lesson.
4. Develop lesson plans for demonstration and information lessons.
5. Present information and manipulative demonstration lessons.
6. Create supportive learning environments that will enable students to achieve high standards.
7. Utilize various types of instructional media and resources including “state of the art” technology
REQUIRED TEXT: Miller, W.R. & Miller, M.F. (2009) Instructors and their Jobs (4rd ed.)
Homewood. IL. American Technical Publishers
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT
1. Each student will develop an instructional unit and four lesson plans from the same unit of
instruction in his/her teaching subject. An outline of the unit must be submitted with the lesson
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plans. The lesson plans must incorporate elements to be provided by the instructor and discussed in
the course. The unit plan and lesson plans are due at the time of the in-class presentation.
The student must present at least one lesson during a scheduled class session and it will be
videotaped. The lesson will be graded based on instructor and peer assessments.
Students will write a reflective essay (one page) based on each lesson assessment and feedback.
The reflective essay will be due on the class meeting following the presentation.
Mid-term exam
Class assignments and activities
Final exam
COURSE ASSESSMENT:
Attendance and active participation in class activities including:
Assignments and class discussions
Typed unit outline and lesson plans
Lesson Presentations
Mid-term
Final Exam
Total
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
100%
Final grades will be calculated by using the following table:
Range
93-100
90-92.9
87-89.9
83-86.9
80-82.9
77-79.9
70-76.9
60-69.9
59.9-below
Letter Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
D
F
ATTENDANCE POLICY
You are late, if you arrive 10 minutes after class has begun. Arriving late twice will be counted as one
absence. Two unexcused absences in this course will lower your course grade by one full point. That
is, if you are absent twice, the highest grade you can earn in this course is B. You will be dropped from
the course if you have three unexcused absences.
ASSIGNMENT POLICY
Any assignment submitted after the deadline will not be accepted or graded by the instructor. There is
no explanation that will change this policy except there is a health problem documented by a doctor’s
or police report. To make sure that a last minute event does not prevent you from submitting your
work on time, you may submit it days in advance of the deadline.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT
Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other
intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and
citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its
responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models
of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity.
Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York
City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and
expulsion.
STATEMENT ON STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable academic accommodations if
determined eligible by the Office of Students Support Services (OSSS). Prior to granting disability
accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student’s eligibility
from OSSS, which is located in Room A-237. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate contact with
the OSSS staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to
the instructor.
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EDU 2362 Spring 2013
Course Outline
Session
Topic
Assigned Reading
1.
1/28/13
Introduction to the Course and Course requirements
The Effective Teacher
The Teacher Education Conceptual Framework
Chapter 1
2.
2/4
The Learning Process
Learning Theory and Principles
Chp. 2
3
2/11
Influences on Learning
Effective Learning Environments
Chp. 3,14
2/18
College Closed
2/20
Instructional Planning
Developing a Unit of Instruction
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Chp. 5
5.
2/25
Instructional Planning
The Lesson and Lesson Plan
Components of a Lesson Plan
Chp. 5
6.
3/4
The Lesson Aim and Motivation
Writing Instructional Objectives
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Chp. 4
7.
3/11
Techniques of Instruction: The Information Lesson
Questions and Questioning Techniques
Chp. 7
8.
3/18
Techniques of Instruction: The Demonstration Lesson
Planning and conducting a demonstration lesson
Chp. 9
9.
4/8
Group Learning Techniques
Mid-term Exam
Chp. 8
10.
4/15
Instructional media/materials
Computers in Instruction
Chp. 10
11.
4/22
Assessing Student Performance; Alternative Assessment
Techniques
Chp. 13
12.
4/29
Lesson Presentations
13.
5/6
Lesson Presentations
14.
5/13
Review for Final Exams
Lesson Presentations
15.
5/20
Final Exam