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Week One | Thursday, 31 August | Agenda
Welcome to ED100, An Introduction to the World of Education
Noteworthy
Next week, the class schedule will be abbreviated due to the Mass of the Holy Spirit 8:00-8:50 a.m.
Introductions
- ED 100,
- The Syllabus,
- Dr. Shutkin, and
- You!
Workshop
- Class reconvenes in the O’Malley Center , room 201
- Building an ED100 WordPress Weblog
Assignment Due Monday 4 September: BlogPost1: Course Survey
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Week Two | Thursday 7 September | Agenda
Noteworthy
Class schedule is abbreviated today due to the Mass of the Holy Spirit 8:00-8:50 a.m.
Readings
- Educational foundations, Part I: Why Teach? p. 1
- Educational foundations, Chapter 1 Letters to a young teacher / Jonathan Kozol p.3
- Educational foundations, Chapter 2 The Green Monongahela / John Taylor Gatto p.8
- Educational foundations, Chapter 3 Why Teach? / Herbert Kohl, p. 17
Assignment Due Monday 11 September: BlogPost2
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Week Three: Thursday 14 September | Agenda
Noteworthy: Annual Geller Lecture | Monday, September 18, 2017
Readings:
- 1. William Ayers | To Teach: The Journey, in Comics:
- Ch 1. Opening day: the journey begins / p. 1
- Ch. 2. Seeing the student / William Ayers p. 13
- Ch 3. Creating an environment for learning / William Ayers, p. 33
- 2. Curtis, D. and Carter, M. (2000) The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching. Chapter 1: A New Way of Being With Children: Overview of the Study Sessions. pp. 1-8.
Assignment Due Monday 18 September: BlogPost3
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Week Four:
Monday 18 September | Annual Geller Lecture
Thursday 21 September| Rosh Hashanah | Happy New Year 5778 | No Class!
Week Five: Thursday 28 September | Agenda
Noteworthy: Green Placement Form Due!!
Readings:
- Educational foundations, Pt. II Who Are Today’s Students? p. 29
- Educational foundations, Chapter 4 What Should Teachers Do? Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction / Lisa Delpit, p. 31
- Educational foundations, Chapter 5. Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students’ Achievement / Sonia Nieto, p. 44
Assignment Due Monday 2 October: BlogPost4
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Week Six: Thursday 5 October | Agenda
Readings
Part 1 : Curtis, D. and Carter, M. (2000) Chapter 2: Study Session: Learning to See. pp. 9-22.
For class this week, please prepare to discuss the following questions: Rofes (2005) makes clear distinctions between liberal and radical conceptualizations of addressing homophobia and heterosexism in k-12 schools. Prepare to discuss these distinctions with examples from schools you attended. How does Rofes (2005) discuss childhood? What do the liberal and radical distinctions of addressing homophobia and heterosexism have to do with contemporary understandings of childhood? What do you believe and what is your vision for the school where you hope to be teaching in the next four years?
Assignment Due Monday 9 October: BlogPost5
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Week Seven: Thursday 12 October | Agenda
School Visit I | Shaker Heights Middle School
Fall Break Friday 13 October
Assignment Due Tuesday 17 October: FieldPost1 | Exploration of Mental Filters and Their Influences on Perception.
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Week Eight: Thursday 19 October
Readings:
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 4. Building bridges / William Ayers, p. 47
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 7. The mystery of teaching / William Ayers, p. 93
- Educational foundations, Chapter 9 On Stir-and-Serve Recipes for Teaching / Susan Ohanian, p. 117.
- Educational foundations, Chapter 10 Psst … It Ain’t About the Tests: It’s Still About Great Teaching / Robert DiGiulio, p. 125
Week Nine: Thursday 26 October | School Visit II Heights High School
Noteworthy:
- AYA | ED202
- EC | ED200
- BSA Town Hall Meeting, 1 November, 6:30 PM Donahue
Reading & Preparation for Field Observations
Please review readings for 19 October, read the text for FieldPost2 and prepare questions to guide your observations while at Heights High.
Also, please bring state issued identification.
Readings
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 4. Building bridges / William Ayers, p. 47
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 7. The mystery of teaching / William Ayers, p. 93
- Educational foundations, Chapter 9 On Stir-and-Serve Recipes for Teaching / Susan Ohanian, p. 117.
- Educational foundations, Chapter 10 Psst … It Ain’t About the Tests: It’s Still About Great Teaching / Robert DiGiulio, p. 125
Assignment Due Monday 30 October: FieldPost2
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Week Ten: Thursday 2 November
Noteworthy: Thursday 9 November School Visit III Laurel Primary School
Introduction: This I Believe, a Personal Philosophy of Education – Through reflection, analysis and synthesis of research, blog entries, course readings, and discussions, write an essay expressing your beliefs about education.
- This I Believe, a Personal Philosophy of Education
- Annotated Bibliography Assignment Due: Friday 17 November
- Philosophy Paper Proposal Assignment Due: Monday 27 November
- TIB Final Essay Individual Conference Sign-ups (individual conference with Dr. Shutkin required)
Reading: Educational foundations, Chapter 8. The Banking Concept of Education / Paulo Freire, p. 103
Discussions:
- Path to the JCU library research databases: Library main page –> Library research page –> Articles, Data and Databases –> Research databases
- The Banking Concept of Education / Paulo Freire (Introduction)
Assignment Due Monday 6 November: BlogPost6: PostIt Notes annotation strategy
Week Eleven: Thursday 9 November | School Visit III Laurel Primary School
Noteworthy
- Annotated Bibliography Assignment Due: Friday 17 November
- Philosophy Paper Proposal Assignment Due: Monday 27 November
- Clinical teaching assignment (sign-ups)
- Clinical Teaching Experience (group meeting with Dr. Shutkin required prior to CTE).
Discussion:
- Things are intensifying as we get closer to the end of the semester. Let’s have a closer look.
- NPR’s This I Believe Essay-Approach
- Annotated Bibliography (as related to course and field blog posts)
Monday 13 November Assignment Due: FieldPost3
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Week Twelve: Thursday 16 November
Noteworthy:
- Clinical teaching assignment (sign-ups) Let’s just do this right now!
- Clinical Teaching Experience And, let’s schedule those group meetings right now too 🙂
- Annotated Bibliography Assignment Due: Friday 17 November
- TIB Proposal incorporating BP10 Assignment Due: Monday 27 November
- BP9 Small group school design project Presentations: Thursday 30 November
Readings:
- Educational foundations, Pt. IV What Do Good Schools Look Like?, p. 131
- Educational foundations, Chapter 11 The Idea of Summerhill / A. S. Neill, p. 133
- Educational foundations, Chapter 12 Success in East Harlem: How One Group of Teachers Built a School That Works / Deborah Meier, p. 141
Discussion 1: Small group school design project
Discussion 2: Summerhill: invention, viewing, and revising
Viewings:
- The Summerhill School | 2013 update of the idea of Summerhill School featuring Zoe Readhead, A.S. Neil’s daughter, and current principal of the school. The twenty minute video considers the concepts that make Summerhill such an amazing exploration of the meaning of schooling, childhood and democracy.
- A. S. Neill – Founder of Summerhill School – 1964 | A.S. Neil talks about freedom and his Summerhill School in England. Summerhill is often said to be the first school based on freedom and democratic ideals.
- Imagine a School….Summerhill | The Third Mind documentary tells the story of A. S. Neill’s Summerhill School and their fight for survival against Tony Blair’s Labour government.
Here is a fictional filmic account of Summerhill
Convention on the Rights of the Child – 1989
Discussion 3:
- ED100, PollEverywhere & Greatness in Teaching
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Viewing: Deborah Meier: A. Paulchell, A. Valentino, R. McGoron | ED500 Foundations of Education| John Carroll University | 23 July 2014
- This I Believe- Deborah Meier’s school
Friday 17 November Assignment Due: BP7 Annotated Bibliography
Thursday 23 November Happy Thanksgiving
Monday 27 November Assignment Due: Philosophy Paper Proposal incorporating BP8
Week Thirteen: Thursday 30 November
Presentations: BP9 Small group school design project
Readings 1: This is CTE Option 1
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 5. Liberating the curriculum / William Ayers, p. 67
- To Teach: The Journey, in Comics, Chapter 6. Keeping track / William Ayers, p. 81
Readings 2: This is CTE Option 2
Educational foundations, Chapter 17 How and How Not, to Improve the Schools / Diane Ravitch. P. 179
Monday 4 December Assignment Due: Summative FieldPost
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Week Fourteen: Thursday 7 December
Readings: This is CTE Option 3
Educational foundations, Chapter 21 Poor Teaching for Poor Children… in the name of Reform / Alfie Kohn p. 217
Readings: This is a CTE Option 4
Educational foundations, Chapter 13 Beyond the Deficit Paradigm: An Ecological Orientation to Thriving Urban Schools / Kelly Donnell, p. 151
Readings: This is a CTE Option 5
- Educational foundations, Pt. V How Should We Assess Student Learning? p. 159
- Educational foundations, Chapter 14 A Mania for Rubrics / Thomas Newkirk, p. 161
- Educational foundations, Chapter 15 Grading: The Issue Is Not How But Why? / Alfie Kohn, p. 165
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Week Fifteen: Thursday 14 December
- Final Exam Schedule
- (Final Exam Period 8:00-9:50AM)
Assignment Due: This I Believe, Philosophy of Education Essay (@ 11:59:59 on 14 December 2015)
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