EDUC 6255:Teaching Learners

2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Corequisite: EDUC 6250
Candidates access, explore, and modify instructional resources to create lesson plans that employ culturally-responsive, developmentally-appropriate instructional strategies. Lesson plans incorporate the Universal Design for Learning Framework, guiding principles of differentiation, and key formative assessment strategies to produce curriculum that is relevant, challenging, integrative, and exploratory. Candidates practice critical thinking and apply it in the design of instruction. Candidates plan safe, productive learning environments with appropriate organizational structures including opportunities for family and community involvement.