Strategies for the secondary teacher introduced in this class include: lesson planning, multiple models of instruction, classroom and time management practice, and integration of multiple intelligences research. Cooperative learning theory and practices commonly used in secondary schools are explored as a primary model of instruction. Students investigate and respond to current popular media portrayals of teachers and teaching methods in theater, films, television, and/or the popular press, with an intent to understand the stereotypes and myths that surround the role of a teacher. Students have opportunities to plan instructional experiences, deliver instructions, and reflect upon the theory-to-practice, fantasy-to-reality experience of becoming a teacher.Prerequisite: admission to Single-Subject Credential Program; corequisites: TEP 557 and TEP 567B