EDF 1005 - Introduction to Education

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): ENC1101 with C
Corequisite(s): None
This course examines the United States educational system using the historical, philosophical, and sociological foundations of education. Topics include the governance and financing of public schools, legal and ethical issues of teaching, school reform, and diverse student populations. This course requires students to volunteer for a minimum of 15 hours of field-based experience over a specified time, in a public-school classroom, under the supervision of a certified teacher during the semester of enrollment in the course. Students must meet all volunteer requirements of the school board or agency with which they are completing their field-based experience. This course is a pre-requisite course required for admission to any Florida state university teacher education program and for the Bachelors in Early Childhood Education at Santa Fe College.
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)