Undergraduates in the Program in Education must also complete an internship (in the case of teacher licensure candidates) or a supervised field-based experience in a public school (in the case of the Minor).
In terms of teaching methods, not only didactics and experiential experiences (10, 20), research-based narrative assignment (21), field-based experience (domestic and abroad training/rotation) (22– 25) were discussed, distance learning/e-learning/web-based learning (17, 26– 29), global health related digital media products (13) was also recommended.
The POLS program nurtures high quality leadership through engagement with outstanding Stanford scholars, practicing leaders, and field-based experiences.
Field-based experiences and teaching often prompt intellectual developments that cannot be replicated in the classroom or in the virtual world.
In most traditional teacher education programs, the field-based experiences are designed to socialize prospective teachers into the school setting [8].
Although the prospective teacher has opportunities to implement instructional strategies, engage students in discourse, and "practice" instructional styles during the field-based experiences, they are under the direction and supervision of their cooperating teacher.
The Minor in Education is designed to provide students who are majoring in an Arts and Sciences discipline with opportunities to combine coursework in their majors with academic and field-based experiences focused on complex social, psychological, economic, historical, political, and cultural issues that impact schools and school children.
To build on their liberal arts education and to have a broad range of academic and field-based experiences that connect their liberal arts education to social, psychological, economic, historical, political, and cultural issues that impact schools and the education of children.
The Minor in Education is designed to provide students who are majoring in a Trinity College of Arts and Sciences discipline with opportunities to combine coursework in their majors with academic and field-based experiences focused on complex social, psychological, economic, historical, political, and cultural issues that impact schools and school children.
According to Mansoureh, METSA students also have field-based experiences where they see women working in STEM fields as well as a variety of college visits where they can speak with female students in STEM-related majors.
A hallmark of the program from the beginning has been a 10-week or longer field-based research experience that culminates with a thesis, supported with funding and focused faculty mentorship.
