2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

EDUC 313 General Principles of Curriculum and Teaching

This course will cover principles of instruction, planning for teaching, curriculum development, guidance and evaluation of learning, and specific teaching/planning procedures. Field experience of approximately 10 hours will be completed in and out of class.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to Teacher Education Program; EDUC 201

Corequisite

EDUC 316

Offered

Fall, Spring

Outcomes

  1. Operate as a member of a professional learning community
  2. Develop a teaching values statement that fosters a democratic learning environment
  3. Critically reflect on current literature in education as it pertains to curriculum and teaching
  4. Locate, dissect, and understand how to apply standards
  5. Create lesson plans that include research-based instruction and assessment practices that support diverse learners
  6. Create and reflect on the assessment of student learning and teacher self-improvement
  7. Create developmentally appropriate, standards-based curriculum maps, unit plan outlines, and lesson plans
  8. Explore interdisciplinary planning and teaching
  9. Explore multi-modal teaching and assessment strategies