This course is based on the assumption that the best teachers critically consider what to teach, how to teach, and how to assess students and their classes. In other words, the best teachers are equipped with a well-developed and thoughtful intellectual framework that helps them to make sound educational decisions based upon many factors that influence those decisions. EDUC340 will enable you to construct your own initial framework of ideas, skills, and dispositions that will help you make educational/teaching decisions and empower you to act on those decisions.