Within this window you smoothly transition from writing code, to debugging, to designing your user interface. Xcode employs a single window, called the workspace window, that presents most of the tools you need to develop apps. It includes a source editor, a graphical user interface editor, and many other features.
Xcode provides everything you need to create great apps for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. " When you develop apps, you use the iOS software development kit (SDK) and Xcode, Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE). It sounds like the 'da stoopid' is buring out of control at your school ("Let's s start a developemt class and disallow development tools!") and I doubt this will help but you can try.