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I heard mixed reviews of Dr. Moore before I took this class but let me tell you, it's a breeze if you stay on top of the work and put forth your best effort on the assignments.
Dr. Moore will tell you at the first class of the semester that he is not going to talk for a long time every class (because each class is nearly two hours long) but he ends up doing that anyway. In fact, most days he holds you over time because he gets so into what he is talking about in terms of teaching strategies, NCSS, etc. However, the information you are provided with in this class in terms of materials available for social studies teaching, introduction to the Teacher Work Sample, discussion of PRAXIS, and other items are of definite benefit to you. Out of all of the education courses I've taken at WKU outside of 351 (and I took Wilson for that) this course provided me with more practical knowledge about teaching than many others.
I should mention in this review that if you take Dr. Moore during a fall semester you are going to have to teach at an event called Constitution day during the third week of September. During this, you teach a lesson to kids from Warren East, Warren Central, Bowling Green High School, and Greenwood for about ninety minutes over anything about the Constitution that you wish. Although this was somewhat stressful, it was a rewarding teaching experience and is much better than doing peer teaches in the classroom.
There are several days during the semester when you will not meet in class but have to go to your field site to do observations (and he will come out there to see that you are there). If you are taking 453 and 481 at the same time TAKE DR. TYLER AND DR. MOORE. This is because their "release days" for observations are the same so you can get them done faster.
The major piece of advice I can give you about getting past this class is to stay on top of your work. You have a large resource unit and Teacher Work Sample assignment due in this course as well as an annotated bibliography. The more work you can do in advance the better off you will be.because some of the work tends to pile on around Thanksgiving break. Just pace yourself each week and knock out a few assignments and you'll be okay. I found Dr. Moore to be an easy grader and very helpful is you had questions so if you have trouble don't be afraid to ask him, he wants to help young social studies teachers out as best he can.
I found this to be a very enriching and enjoyable social studies education experience. Yes, some days you will want Moore to quit talking but he is unintentionally a stand up comedian on some days. For example, he likes to pick up books from one student and then slam them on the desk of another to prove a point. However, if you give this guy a fair chance and put forth your best effort I bet you a dollar a donut that you'll get a good grade in this course. Highly recommended.
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