Faculty

Scott McNabb, Ph.D.

07B:180 -- Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher

• Course Description
• Course Syllabus
• Teaching Assistants

Course Description

This course, required for teacher certification, is restricted to teacher education candidates. The course focuses on social factors such as discrimination, diversity, equity, racism, sexism, and ethnic and socioeconomic pluralism and their influence on American schools and classrooms. Class activities and assignments are diverse and vary among the sections. All sections take the final exam at the same hour, and one half of the final exam is based on the lectures. Three texts and a course pack are required. The format is lecture and discussion with one hour of lecture and three hours of discussion each week. The lectures are given by faculty members, discussion instructors, and guest speakers. The discussion sections are led by teaching assistants (TAs).

Day, Time, & Room of Lectures

Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:20 p.m., Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library

Requirements

Lectures: Students are required to attend ALL of the lectures given on Thursdays. Students are responsible for the material presented by the lecture speakers and are required to take the final examination on the information presented by them.

Discussion Sections: Students are required to complete all assignments, readings, promects, activities, oral reports, tests, and so forth as specified for the particular discussion section for which they are registered.

Grading: Course grades will be determined as follows: class participation (30%-- 20% class discussion and 10% ESL project), class projects (30%), midterm (10%), final exam (30%). The 30% allotted for the final exam will be divided in two parts: Thursday lecture information (20%) and discussion group information (10%). Class project(s) will be determined by the discussion section leaders.

ESL Requirement

There will be an additional English as a Second Language (ESL) requirement during fall and spring semesters. Students will meet with ESL students for one hour each week, for six weeks during the semester.