Licensure in Latin

"Teachers do not claim, do they, that their own thoughts are perceived and grasped by the pupils.... For who would be so absurdly curious as to send his child to school to learn what the teacher thinks?"

St. Augustine (354-430)
Concerning the Teacher

 

OVERVIEW

The Teacher Education Program at Davidson College offers licensure in secondary Latin. All students seeking licensure are required to complete a classics major with emphasis in Latin.

REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN LATIN  
  1. Completion of the College requirements for graduation including the core curriculum requirements.
  2. Completion of the requirements for Classical Studies with emphasis in Latin major.
  3. Completion of the requirements for the Teacher Education Program as follows:

Courses:

  • PSY 101 (General Psychology)

  • EDU 121 (History of Educational Theory and Practice)

  • EDU 242 (Educational Psychology and Teaching Exceptionalities)

  • EDU 240 (Reading, 'Riting, and Race), 250 (Multicultural Education), or 260 (Social Diversity and Inequality in Education)

  • EDU 400 (Organization for Teaching)

  • EDU 410-411 (Internship in Teaching)

  • EDU 420 (Seminar in Secondary Education)

Other Requirements:

  • Tutoring (if not completed in Education 121)

  • Minimum scores on the Praxis Series

  • Students will need to meet the requirements for admission to the Program and admission to student teaching.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

In addition to the general teaching competencies and technology competencies addressed in their portfolios, licensure students in Latin will demonstrate the following goals and objectives in their electronic portfolios.

The goals of the Latin program are:

  1. Understand the importance of inspiring future Latin teachers to become facilitators of learning.
  2. Develop aural, verbal, composition and translation proficiency.
  3. Develop a knowledge of vocabulary and language structure including comparative linguistics.
  4. Develop a working knowledge of major methodologies and current trends in teaching Latin.
  5. Develop familiarity with Greco-Roman history, geography, lifestyles and social customs/traditions and achievements.
  6. Develop competence in the selection of appropriate instructional materials
The objectives for the Latin Specialty Area are consistent with those identified for emphasis in the North Carolina Competency-Based Curriculum Second Language Studies K-12.

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