MGE 527 Seminar: Middle Grades Educators’ Joyful Teaching Experiences

Looking to visions of possibilities, candidates explore the physiology and neurology of happiness and school success, and develop classroom confidences and freedoms while designing emotionally safe classroom communities. Candidates participate in conversations based on neuroscience and teaching practices that lead each young adolescent learner toward a state of happiness and well-being. Looking to their students as individuals becoming responsible for the future of society, candidates remove challenges and the "fear of school" mentality using classroom practices based on current brain research and positive psychology research. Applying their connections to the classroom through compassion, gratitude and mindfulness candidates create learning environments where young adolescent learners are eager and excited about learning. Pre-requisite(s): MGE 526. Co-requisite(s): MGE 522. 2 semester hours