Field Experiences
Course-related Field Work
Bowdoin Education students are assigned various field work responsibilities as part of their course requirements. Time may be spent in observation, working one-on-one with a student or planning and teaching lessons to a whole class. Placements are made in local schools by the director of field experiences with the advice of the Bowdoin Education faculty. Requirements are as follows:
Education 101, Contemporary American Education (4 practicum hours)
Education 203, Educating All Students (24 practicum hours)
Education 301, Teaching and Education 303, Curriculum and Instruction (36 practicum hours)
Education 302, Student Teaching (525 practicum hours)
Education 305, Adolescents in Schools (36 practicum hours for those who are not student teaching)