Global Arc

This seminar interrogates the cinema of the internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. We will address Almodóvar as a global brand and auteur who compulsively cites, recycles, and reenacts the most prestigious names and works of film history. The seminar will discuss the politics and aesthetics of Almodóvar, with special consideration of intermediality, spectatorship, gender and sexuality, and the ways the brand positions itself in a dramatically changing industry. We will review the entire Almodóvar universe, including its production company; its revision of the star system; and relationship to Spain's memory politics.

A study of essential dimensions of learning and teaching, including learner characteristics and needs, organization and structure of educational institutions, development of curriculum and lesson plans, alignment of instructional goals with evaluation and assessment, design of subject and level specific methodologies, and classroom management techniques. Required course work includes 22 hours of site-based field experience and evening laboratory sessions. Students should have one morning of unscheduled time available each week to allow for school visits. The course is open to any student who has an interest in teaching.

TPP 400 Practice Teaching I is a guided field experience intended to provide students with supervised classroom experience in local schools. This initial practice teaching experience consists of a minimum of 175 hours of clinical practice and is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate school-based experiences with academic guidance to develop professional knowledge, teaching skill, and the ability to reflect on professional work as an educator.

TPP 403 is designed to complement TPP 404: Clinical Practice. The course is structured around four themes: The Learner and Learning; Content Knowledge: Planning Instruction and Assessment; Instructional Practice and Pedagogy; and Professional Responsibilities. Major course assignments address these themes by focusing on the application of research and practice on meeting the diverse needs of learners. The course is designed to help students connect theory and practice, become self-reflective practitioners, use data from formative and summative assessments to inform instruction, and prepare for being a classroom instructor.

TPP 404 is taken concurrently with TPP 403 and is a 175-hour, 12-week assignment as a student teacher in a local middle or high school. Students work closely with a host teacher for approximately 20 clinical hours per week, and the experience culminates with the design and delivery of a small unit of instruction. Assignments include research on the classroom and school context, instructional unit and lesson planning, and an analysis and reflection of the unit of instruction taught in the final weeks of the semester. The course carries two units of course credit and is typically taken during the spring of senior year.

TPP 405 is taken concurrently with Practice Teaching (TPP 406). The seminar is designed to support students' TPP 406 student teaching experience. It covers three broad themes: the cultural dimensions of teaching and learning; planning, assessment, and academic language; and foundations of education, including policy, philosophy, and curriculum theory. Readings focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of teaching. Seminar discussions are designed to assist students in applying concepts and skills to their TPP 406 student teaching experience and to develop foundational knowledge to support professional decision-making.

Supervised practice teaching (a minimum of 12 weeks) in a local school. Teaching is done under the supervision of an accomplished teacher and a program staff member who regularly observes and discusses the student's practice teaching. Students gain firsthand experience in developing teaching strategies, planning and differentiating instruction, assessing student learning, and classroom management. Must be taken concurrently with TPP 405. TPP 406 counts as two courses by the University.

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See the Princeton Writing Program website