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2017-2018 School of Graduate Studies Catalog 
    
2017-2018 School of Graduate Studies Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDC 773 - Methods of Teaching History and the Social Sciences II

3 Credit(s) This course is designed to provide students with the training to be a teaching historian by continuing and extending the conversations and learning begun in EDC 772  . It will offer a general study of the background and philosophies of teaching History, with a focus on methods and materials in the classroom, curriculum issues and professional concerns, analysis of the teaching/learning processes, reinforcement of national standards and the Massachusetts Common Core, and an introduction to the appropriate professional organization requirements. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required.

Pre-requisites: Permission of the department chairperson and acceptance into the licensure program.

Co-requisite: EDC 763