Elementary Education

Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence (MC–EA)

Age 6–approx. 12–13

The Elementary Education (MC–EA) major prepares students to teach in elementary schools (grades 1-6) and in the core content areas of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies in middle schools (grades 6-8). Students may choose to acquire dual licensure in both regular education and cross categorical special education.

Graduates of UW Oshkosh’s teacher education programs have a strong liberal arts background, a thorough grounding in their content area and a comprehensive understanding of the art and science of teaching. Completion of this program results in a Bachelor of Science in Education degree.

Degree Planning Sheet

Students are guided throughout their program by a planning sheet specific to their major and minor. Program requirements are also listed in the Undergraduate Bulletin along with course descriptions.

Course Descriptions (this link leads to the Undergraduate Bulletin, please click here for instructions how to use the Bulletin)

Subject Area Minors

* A minor is required

Bilingual Education — Hmong
Bilingual Education — Spanish
English as a Second Language
Environmental Studies
French
Geography
German
Health Education
History
Language Arts
Library Science
Mathematics
Science * major or minor
Social Science * major or minor
Sociology * as a second minor only
Spanish
Speech Communication

PRAXIS II Content Test

Middle School Content Knowledge, Test Number: 0146

Students with additional ESL, German, French, Health Education or Spanish majors must also pass an additional Praxis II exam to be licensed in that particular content area.

Field Experiences

Elementary education majors with licensure in middle-childhood-early adolescence complete a field experience integrated with Sec Ed 432 Middle School Education to learn more about middle schools and middle school students early in their program.

Elementary education majors also complete a clinical experience integrated with methods courses in mathematics, science, and social studies as part of Clinical Community B one semester or year prior to student teaching. In methods courses, students study theories, standards, curriculum, and instructional and assessment strategies for mathematics, science, and social studies. They also learn to create lessons and unit plans for teaching these subjects in their clinical placements in a grade one through five classrooms. The clinical experience requires students to observe and assist an elementary teacher one and one-half days a week for approximately eight weeks of the semester. During these times, students learn about classroom routines, teaching responsibilities, the needs of elementary learners, and the teaching of mathematics, science, and social studies through observations and discussions with their cooperating teachers. They also often lead classroom routines and curricular activities as well as work with individuals and groups of learners. Students also must prepare and teach mathematics, science, and social studies lessons and units and assess the success of their teaching for children’s learning. Students spend two full weeks toward the end of the semester in their clinical placements teaching their lessons and unit plans.

Finally, elementary education majors complete a semester of student teaching. They spend nine weeks student teaching in a grade one through five elementary classroom (different grade level than their clinical experience) and another nine weeks in a middle school placement in which they gain experience teaching their licensable minor. If they do not have a licensable minor, they student teach in one of the four core subjects (language arts, mathematics, science, social studies) at the middle school level.

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