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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. Areas of study will include: educational psychology, identification of useful resources that support instruction, learning to use technology in meaningful ways in the classroom, …
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. 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.
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![Two pairs of hands hold a tower made of straws.](/courses/11-131-educational-theory-and-practice-iii-spring-2012/872ce70ba029d276669f75ac2fb69d02_11-131s12.jpg)
Students in the MIT/Wellesley Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) build ‘straw towers’, an activity that the teachers-in-training could replicate with their own future students. (Photo courtesy of Eric Klopfer.)