| Since September 1, 2001, teachers in Minnesota applying for initial licensure as teachers of communication arts and literature, grades 5--12, were required to demonstrate several communication competencies. This study uncovered data from ten public, four-year, teacher preparation institutions in the state of Minnesota to answer three research questions. First, what specific course is aligned with the four listening pedagogy competencies as required by state Board of Teaching rule 8710.4250? Second, what academic department is aligned with the four listening pedagogy competencies? Third, what methodologies are used to benchmark the four listening pedagogy competencies? The Board of Teaching opened its public licensure files to the researcher to examine. The Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning Board of Teaching files for each of the ten institutions were examined. The information regarding specific courses, academic departments, and learning benchmarks were compared and contrasted. The data was synthesized to answer the three research questions. The results of this study indicated very little actual alignment with listening pedagogy competencies by any department within any course in the ten public teacher preparation institutions in the state of Minnesota. |
