Real-World Learning
Department of Teacher Education
Step from your classroom to theirs.
As a teacher education student, the classroom experience is your real-world experience. This is your chance to apply your knowledge, to become a student leader and educator.
Student Teaching and Field Experience
Put your knowledge to the test in the real world.
Student teaching is your time to start using the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in the classroom. Lead the students of today, help them grow, and build your confidence and experience as an educator.
| Course | Number of Hours in Field Placement |
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Social Studies and the Family Teaching and Learning for All Young Children I: Focus on Birth to Age 3 Field Experience: B–3 |
The courses are taken together and share one field experience, which is 30 hours outside of course time. |
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Teaching and Learning Children Ages 3–5 Issues in Infancy and Early Childhood Mental Health Field Experience: Preschool |
The courses are taken together and share one field experience, which is 40 hours outside of course time. |
| Practicum: B–3 (Birth–5 Program Option Only) | 160 (outside of course instruction) |
| Practicum: 3-5 | 160 (outside of course instruction) |
| Birth–5 option, prior to student teaching | 390 |
| Preschool–3 option, prior to student teaching | 230 |
| Course | Number of Hours in Field Placement |
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General Educational Psychology Lab / Field Experience |
The course requires you to complete 30 hours of field experience outside of course instructional time. |
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Block 1 courses are taken together and share one common field experience. |
The courses are taken together and share one field experience, which is 30 hours outside of course time. |
| Block 2 courses are taken together and share one common field experience. | The number of field hours completed outside of course instructional time for the block 2 courses is 78 hours. |
| Block 3 courses are taken together and share one common field experience. | The number of field hours completed outside of course instructional time for the block 3 courses is 156 hours. |
| Field experiences, prior to student teaching | 294 |
| Course | Number of Hours in Field Placement |
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Examining Self as Teacher Lab/Field Experience |
30 (outside of course instruction) |
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General Education Psychology Lab/Field Experience |
30 (outside of course instruction) |
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Subject area methods courses and the adolescent development/classroom management class share a field experience. |
The methods courses (as well as the psychology course) have a 30-hour field placement. The methods course and the adolescent development course are taken together in the fall semester. You will be placed in one field experience that is 60 hours outside of the instructional time of both courses. |
| Total amount of hours completed in field experiences, prior to student teaching | 120 |
Forms and Documents
Take the next step.
Find important student-teaching forms and information to get started on your classroom journey.
Outside programs
Your knowledge can take you places.
Explore opportunities to student-teach on a reservation in the Navajo Nation or even overseas. These programs are run through Indiana University. If you are interested, you are encouraged to contact Jim Beard, academic advisor and director of licensing, at [email protected] or
260-481-4100 as soon as possible so that you do not miss critical application deadlines.
Study Abroad
Let the world be your classroom.
Your college experience is special—and uniquely yours. Imagine enhancing it by taking your studies overseas. Living and learning in a different country will foster both your independence and your personal development. Through this experience, and the knowledge you’ll gain living like a local, you’ll emerge with a new perspective.