MGE 503 Advocacy Practicum: Young Adolescents in Context II

This course examines the collaboration of young adolescent learners, families, educators, and community resources to support meaningful education. Candidates learn about resources in schools and communities which help to protect and provide safe spaces within and outside the school. Candidates identify strategies to build supportive and caring communities for young adolescent learners. Research reviewed in this course depicts the many aspects of the social-emotional, gender, health and media/popular cultural needs of these students. Candidates support and value the need to be advocates for young adolescent learners. 40 hours of observation/teaching time will be spent in schools. Pre-requisite(s): MGE 501. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours