Bringing the World into the Classroom

No matter where you are or who you are, you are a teacher. We are all lifelong learners and that is what teaching is all about. NSC School of Education creates the unique method of teaching about education by integrating the teaching strategies and techniques that work with all students in all classroom settings. When students enjoy learning, true teaching is accomplished. Here are a few examples of how our instructors provide the venue for that experience.

Education- “Can You Dig It?”

Where else do you actually use all of the coursework you did in college for your final portfolio and as a resource to be used in your career every day? At NSC School of Education we call these artifacts and you discover, gather, create and unearth these artifacts throughout your classes. This is done through class activities, field experiences, and hands on projects. For example: where else can you actually go to a geology site at Lake Mead to learn how to teach students about archeology in the “real world”? If community based learning is for you, then NSC School of Education is where to be.

Elementary Education-"Why Watch a Taped Version, When You Can Go Live!"

Students in EDRL 442 Teaching Literacy K-3 do not sit back, kick their feet up, and watch how to facilitate guided reading groups by watching a video. Instead, this class provides a one way ticket to the head of the class. Held at C.P. Squires Elementary School, students immediately apply what they are learning! Pre-service teachers use strategies introduced in class to implement interactive word study activities and reading strategies with small groups of students. They are given the opportunity to work side-by-side with classroom teachers, assisting with DIBELS assessments, designing centers, and teaching small groups of kindergarten, first, and second graders. Through weekly classroom visits, NSC students can target the individual needs of the Squire’s students. For example, the NSC students create “personal” readers for the Squire students. Throughout the semester, they choose a variety of text to add to the personal readers. If one student displays difficulty with long vowels, they might get a poem with long vowel words for their personal reader. The NSC students use these engaging pieces of texts to create authentic opportunities for students to practice deficient skills. This active-learning model, where effective teaching strategies are immediately applied in real-life settings, leads to longer retention! Why sit on the sidelines when you can be a part of the action?

Secondary Education- “How Does That Teenage Brain Work?”  

In EDSC 321, Secondary Pedagogy I, NSC Secondary Education students experience the culture of the age and the essence of secondary schools through on-site field observations and classroom activities designed to give a realistic look at current issues and how to meet the needs of students in today's world and environment. How do teenagers think and learn? What makes the brain retain information? What techniques and strategies get the information across?  

EDSC 321 provides future teachers with a solid understanding of what it will be like to teach in secondary students, what it means to be an effective teacher, and the nature of teaching secondary school in the 21st century. There is a strong emphasis on student participation in discussion and activities based on the real world of modern education. The main goal of this class is to provide students with concrete information that they can use as confident, prepared secondary school teachers and educators.

Speech Pathology- “What Did You Say? And How Do You Say It?”  

Speech pathology is one of the most in demand and interesting educational fields of today. Learning the key elements for successful speech or language development is both rewarding and useful. Where else will you get the opportunity, for example, to learn about American Sign Language and the deaf culture from children in the deaf community as your teachers? Where else will you get the chance to actually help screen students new to the state through Child Find and learn hands on how to assess cases and situations? If you  are interested in how we as humans speak and communicate, then this field is for you.