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Educational Theory and Practice III

A science classroom with lab equipment.

A high school science classroom. (Image courtesy of ACS Amman.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

11.131

As Taught In

Spring 2007

Level

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

This is the final course in the three course sequence (11.129, 11.130 and 11.131) that deals with the practicalities of teaching students. Our areas of study will include: educational psychology, identification of useful resources that support instruction, learning to use technology in meaningful ways in the classroom, finding more methods of motivating students, implementing differentiated instruction and obtaining a teaching job.