Field Experience C: Content Knowledge

General Curriculum and Accommodations for Individuals with Exceptionalities
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Curriculum and Accommodations for Individuals with Exceptionalities
The InTASC 4 standard defines what beginning individual teachers need to know and be able to do to practice safely and efficiently. When a single education teacher assumes sole responsibility for teaching a core academic subject matter class at any level, the unique educator must have a solid knowledge base in the subject to be prepared to ensure the students can meet state curriculum standards.
The InTASC 4 Standard is engineered to help the individual educators teach students with moderate disabilities between the ages 5- 14 and ages 12-21 who are mildly impaired. It is prudent to use many learning methods to impart instruction that helps increase the undergraduates’ ability to critically think and solve problems by striving to serve in different ways to grant a platform for education. By taking advantage of different teaching methods, the content will be more meaningful as well as accessible to every student.
By guiding learners through learning progressions, one promotes each learner’s achievement of content standards. The tutor will involve the students in learning experiences in the subject that encourages learners to understand, question, and analyze ideas from different sides so that they learn the material taught at school. The teacher involves learning through the application of methods of inquiry and standards of evidence used on the subject.

The teacher motivates the learner deliberation on preceding content knowledge by linking new ideas to familiar ones and making connections with the learners’ experiences. The teacher should be able to recognize ‘learner misconceptions’ in the discipline that impede learning and build experiences that project accurate conceptual understanding. The teacher should assess and modify the instructive material and educational materials for their knowledge. The teacher can access any resources relevant to evaluate the students.
The teacher should use the proper language of the subject and understand how to pass it to the learners. ‘Any teacher with a deep understanding of student content standards and learning progressions in any discipline will appreciate that content experience is not a permanent body of facts but is complicated, culturally situated, and ever-evolving.’ (Council for Exceptional Children 5th ed. 2003.)
The teacher has to be aware of new ideas and understandings in the field. Most teachers will grasp the distinct positions within the subject and offer the learners’ a clear understanding of the subject. Every teacher recognizes the possibility of partiality in their tutoring of the issue and can evidently be impacted on the students.

Reference
Council for Exceptional Children (5th ed.). (2003). What every special educator must know: Ethics, standards, and guidelines for special educators. Arlington, VA: Author.