EDL 617 Foundations of Educ & Learning

This course provides coverage of the teaching profession and the issues/controversies confronting American Education. It includes how schools are organized, administered, regulated and financed, along with various philosophies of education, currculum design, and instructional practices. In addition, it introduces critical analysis of major theories of human learning, cognition, and motivation while describing theories of behaviorism, cognitivism, and social learning.