How will the Education courses at Roger Williams prepare me to teach?
The courses in the Education programs are structured into three levels: • Level I, “Exploring the Profession” consists of two introductory courses. All Education students take them as Freshmen. Each course has a field experience. • LevelI, “Preparing to Teach” includes the methods courses taken by Sophomores and Juniors. Elementary and Secondary majors enroll in separate, specialized methods courses, each of which have field-based assignments. • Level III, “Performing in the Classroom” involves the 100-hour Practicum, 14-week Student Teaching experience, and accompanying seminar. Together with Arts and Sciences courses, the sequence of Education courses and accompanying field experiences helps students gain content knowledge (knowledge of subject matter), pedagogical content knowledge (knowledge of how to teach different subjects), knowledge of students, families, and communities, and the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are necessary to teach all students to high
