55468 Practicum (Practical Training) in Teaching Computer Science 1

Prerequisites: none. Enrollment requires the approval of the faculty member responsible for teaching certificates.

Objective: To enable student teachers to observe and experience teaching Computer Science in high school.

Structure: Every student teacher is assigned a mentor teacher. Training includes the following components: Observation – acquaintance with the school and the classes, participation in school activities and structured observation (at least 28 hours) in the mentor teacher’s class; Teaching – at least 4 hours of practice teaching in the mentor teacher’s class, throughout the training period (September through April); Tutorials – two sessions are held during the training period. Issues related to teaching in the field and teaching cases are discussed. Participation in tutorials is mandatory; Assignments – the student teacher is required to submit critical observation reports and a final project.

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1No academic credits are awarded for this course, but it is equivalent to 10 semester hours.

There is some overlap in the content of this and other courses. For details, see Overlapping Courses.