2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog 
    
    Dec 09, 2024  
2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog
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EDU - 216 Foundations of Education


Class Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3
When Offered: Spring

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None

This course introduces the examination of the American educational systems and the teaching profession. Topics include the historical and philosophical influences on education, various perspectives on educational issues, and experiences in birth through grade 12 classrooms. Upon completion, students should be able to reflect on classroom observations, analyze the different educational approaches including classical/traditional and progressive, and have knowledge of the various roles of educational systems at the federal, state and local level. *This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a pre-major and/or elective course requirement at select institutions.*



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