Practitioner Perspective

Taking it to the Streets: Teaching Methods and Curriculum Courses On-Site with Partner Schools

Authors

• • Amanda Wall Amanda Wall ORCID profile. (opens in new tab)
  • Georgia Southern University View ROR record for Georgia Southern University. (opens in new tab)
• • Christine Draper
  • Georgia Southern University View ROR record for Georgia Southern University. (opens in new tab)

Abstract

Our introductory middle grades course meets on-site in a partner school. This context for the course derives from an overall emphasis on partnerships in our College of Education. Meeting on-site affords teacher candidates more continuity in a middle level classroom so that they can observe young adolescents and middle level teaching. At the early stage of our program, this course meeting on-site helps prepare teacher candidates to contribute positively to schooling for young adolescents.

Keywords: teacher preparation, partnerships, middle level coursework

How to Cite: Wall, A. & Draper, C. (2017) “Taking it to the Streets: Teaching Methods and Curriculum Courses On-Site with Partner Schools”, Middle Grades Review. 3(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.70793/mgr.139