EDU 125 Introduction to Theory and Practice in K-8 Education

Introduction to Theory and Practice in K-8 Education provides an overview of the field, including historical and contemporary influences, educational philosophy, observational techniques and the study of teaching from the perspectives of personal and professional development. Prerequisite(s): Elementary Education Major or permission of instructor. Concurrent enrollment in SED 125 is required. Every semester.

Section 4
Fall 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

10/22

Class 1

 10/23

10/26

 

10/27

Class 2

10/28

 

10/29

Class 3

10/30

 

11/2

 

11/3

Class 4

11/4

 

11/5

Class 5

11/6

 

11/9

 

11/10

Class 6

11/11

 

11/12

Class 7

11/13

 

11/16

 

11/17

Class 8

NO CLASS THIS DAY

11/18

 

11/19

Class 9

11/20

 

11/23

 

11/24

Class 10
Thanksgiving Holiday Break

11/30

 

12/1

Class 11

12/2

 

12/3

Class 12

12/4

 

12/7

 

12/8

Class 13

12/9

 

12/10

Class 14

12/11

All work due by 4:00

 

Class 1: Overview and Introductions

Agenda for Class:

  1. Overview of this class
    1. Syllabi and Expectations
    2. Diversity Conference http://teachereducation.umf.maine.edu/diversity-conference/2009-2010/
  2. Email, Facebook and other forms of communication
    1. With college professors
    2. With K-12 students
    3. As a professional
  3. Laptops – who has them? Bring them to class
  4. Introductions
    1. Who are you?
    2. Why do you want to teach?
    3. What will you teach?
    4. What will it look like?

For future meetings (due next class unless specifically noted):

  1. Read Kozol Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 9
  2. Read Teaching as Jazz
  3. Complete online form/information sheet

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Class 2 Thinking about School

Pre Work:

  1. Read Kozol Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 9
  2. Read Teaching as Jazz
  3. Complete online form/information sheet

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Reading Reactions and Discussion
    1. What did you agree with? Question?
    2. What are other metaphors for teaching and learning?
  3. Our thoughts about school
    1. http://voicethread.com/share/675090/
    2. Make a voicethread account
  4. Observation
    1. What to Look for in a Classroom Alfie Kohn
    2. Beginning with classroom maps and designs
    3. Observation terms
    4. Activity

For future meetings:

  1. Read Kozol Chapter 3, Chapter 7, Chapter 12
  2. Teaching Tolerance Survey and Reflection
    1. http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/
      1. Make an account
      2. Tools
      3. Common Beliefs Survey (13 questions)
    2. Bring a typed 400-500 word reflection on reading and survey, what did you learn, what surprised you?
  3. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  4. Choice project work (google doc entry after each visit)

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Class 3 Diversity, Demographics and the profession of teaching

Pre Work:

  1. Read Kozol Chapter 3, Chapter 7, Chapter 12
  2. Teaching Tolerance Survey and Reflection
    1. http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/
      1. Make an account
      2. Tools
      3. Common Beliefs Survey (13 questions)
    2. Bring a typed 400-500 word reflection on reading and survey, what did you learn, what surprised you?

Agenda for Class:

  1. Check in
  2. Sharing reactions and reflections
  3. Our own experiences
  4. Link 1 http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
  5. Link 2 http://www.schooldatadirect.org/
  6. Data Enter your results here
  7. Demographics of Maine Students
  8. Demographics of the profession – where are the jobs?
    1. Educator supply http://www.aaee.org/cwt/external/wcpages/files/2007execsummaryfinal.pdf
    2. Trends in teacher supply http://nctaf.org/strategies/assure/documents/Chapter4.Carroll.pdf
    3. Aging Workforce http://nctaf.org/documents/NCTAFAgeDistribution408REG_000.pdf
  9. Enrollment
    1. Students in school http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2017/sec1b.asp#figa
    2. Teachers in public school http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2017/figures/figure_29.asp?referrer=report
    3. Student/Teacher Ratio http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2017/sec5c.asp#figj

For future meetings:

  1. Read Brown v Board of Education Materials
  2. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  3. Choice project work (google doc entry after each visit)

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Class 4 Brown v Board of Education

Pre Work:

  1. Read Brown v Board of Education Materials

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Vote Today
    1. Maine Government Site: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming.html
    2. Both sides from MPBN http://www.mpbn.net/News/YourVote2009/tabid/1134/Default.aspx
    3. MEA http://www.maineeducationassociation.org/
  3. History of Brown v Board of Education
    1. Video: http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/resources/electronic-field-trips.html
    2. Timeline: http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/4-five/five-communities.html
  4. Facts and Figures
    1. In small groups please review these websites
    2. 2009 http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013007.html
    3. 2004 http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001676.html
    4. http://www.connection-collegeboard.com/08oct/pdf/adv_fact_sheet.pdf  
      1. What important facts/figures should we note?
      2. What trends or patterns do you see?
      3. What facts and figures are not there? Do you see the complete picture?
  5. Jena Six New York Times Article
  6. Going to the Prom http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9775906
  7. Discussion

For future meetings:

  1. Course Reader: History Reading and Notes (click here for word version of graphic organizer)
    1. Chapter 2 (pages 7 - 20)
    2. Chapter 3 (pages 38 - 45 )
  2. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  3. Choice project work
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
    2. Influential Educator (Stage 1 and 2 due printed 11/19, Final paper due 12/8)

 

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Class 5 History of Education

Pre Work:

  1. Course Reader: History Reading and Notes
    1. Chapter 2 (pages 7 - 20)
    2. Chapter 3 (pages 38 - 45 )

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. History brainstorming in groups – create a timeline
  3. “Quiz” on history
  4. Look at Chapter 1 in course reader – what do you notice?
  5. Timeline of US History
  6. Timeline of Events in History of Education
  7. Timeline of Influential Educators

For future meetings:

  1. Course Reader: History Reading and Notes (click here for word version of graphic organizer)
    1. Chapter 2 (pages 20 - 35)
    2. Chapter 3 (pages 49 - 63)
  2. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  3. Choice project work
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
    2. Influential Educator (Stage 1 and 2 due printed 11/19, Final paper due 12/8)

 

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Class 6 History of Education

Pre Work:

  1. Course Reader: History Reading and Notes
    1. Chapter 2 (pages 20 - 35)
    2. Chapter 3 (pages 49 - 63)

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. History of American Education
    1. History story project
      1. Events
      2. Sources
      3. Research
      4. APA formatting
        1. Evaluating Information Sources http://library.umf.maine.edu/how_to/find/evaluatetutorial/evaluate1.php
        2. OWL at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
  3. Assessment
  4. How do we want to look at the final product? (50 points)
  5. Making a rubric as a class

Review work for future meetings

For future meetings:

  1. Research for History Story
    1. Bring this PAPER complete (worth 40 points in your grade)
      1. Complete (20)
      2. Typed and printed (10)
      3. APA format (10)
  2. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  3. Choice project work
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
    2. Influential Educator (Stage 1 and 2 due printed 11/19, Final paper due 12/8)

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Class 7: Research for History Story

Pre Work:

  1. Research for History Story

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. History Story Work Time – ‘books’ should be mostly done
    1. Research Work Time
    2. Writing Time
    3. Peer review and share

For future meetings:

  1. Print/Bind History Story (due Nov 19)
  2. Course Reader – Chapter 5 (Pages 133-153)
  3. Course Reader: Philosophy Reading and Notes (click here for word version of graphic organizer)
    1. Perenialism (73-76, 103-106)
    2. Essentialism (76-78, 99-103, 123-124)
    3. Humanism (81-82, 129-131)
    4. Existentialism (83-84)
    5. Behaviorism (124-125)
    6. Positivism (125-127)
    7. Constructivism (131-133)
  4. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24)
  5. Choice project work
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
    2. Influential Educator (Stage 1 and 2 due printed 11/19 NEXT CLASS, Final paper due 12/8)

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Class 8 Philosophy of Education

Class cancelled - use this time for reading, observation and work on history story

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Class 9 Philosophy of Education

Pre Work:

  1. Print/Bind History Story (due Nov 19)
  2. Influential Educator (print stage 1 and 2)
  3. Course Reader – Chapter 5 (Pages 133-153)
  4. Course Reader: Philosophy Reading and Notes
    1. Perenialism (73-76, 103-106)
    2. Essentialism (76-78, 99-103, 123-124)
    3. Humanism (81-82, 129-131)
    4. Existentialism (83-84)
    5. Behaviorism (124-125)
    6. Positivism (125-127)
    7. Constructivism (131-133)

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Peer review a book
  3. Philosophy of Education
    1. Introduction to philosophies
    2. Inventory of your philosophy
    3. Philosophy of Education Chart
  4. Reflection Assignment

For future meetings:

  1. Course Reader: Philosophy Reading and Notes
    1. Progressivism (78-80, 95-99, 127-129)
    2. Social Reconstructionism (80-81, 106-110, Critical Pedagogy 129)
  2. Observation of a classroom assignment (due Nov 24 - NEXT CLASS)
  3. Reflection Paper (Rough draft due 12/1, Final due 12/10)
  4. Choice project work
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
    2. Influential Educator (Final paper due 12/8)

 

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Class  10 Philosophy of Education

Pre Work:

  1. Course Reader: Philosophy Reading and Notes
    1. Progressivism (78-80, 95-99, 127-129)
    2. Social Reconstructionism (80-81, 106-110, 129)
  2. Observation of a Classroom assignment

Agenda for Class:

  1. Agenda for Class:
  2. Housekeeping and Check in
    1. Thank you to teacher you observed
  3. Finish chart philosophies of education
  4. Drawing the philosophies
  5. Scenarios
  6. Reflection paper - chart

For future meetings:

  1. Kozol Chapter 6 and Chapter 10
  2. Reflection Paper (Rough draft due 12/1 - RIGHT AFTER VACATION, Final due 12/10)
  3. Choice project work (google doc entry after each visit)
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
      1. 400-500 words typed and printed-due 12/8
      2. What did you feel, think, learn
    2. Influential Educator (Final paper due 12/8)

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Class 11: The Profession of Teaching

Pre Work:

  1. Kozol Chapter 6 and Chapter 10
  2. Reflection paper rough draft

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Reflection paper peer review
  3. Profession of Teaching
    1. NEA http://www.nea.org/home/index.html
    2. MEA http://www.nea.org/home/3593.htm 
    3. AFT http://www.aft.org/
  4. Standards
    1. Maine Learning Results
    2. Standards for Initial Teacher Certification
  5. Assessment and No Child Left Behind
    1. http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/4pillars.html
    2. http://www.fairtest.org/
    3. http://www.susanohanian.org/
    4. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/23_04/boyc234.shtml
  6. Issues/Topics for mini-presentations
    1. Rubric
    2. Format – APA bibliography
    3. Research
      1. General websites
        - Ed Week http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/index.html
        - NPR Education http://www.npr.org/
        - New York Times Education http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html
        - NEA http://www.nea.org/
        - Us Government DOE http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml  
        - Maine Department of Education http://www.maine.gov/education/
      2. Issues

For future meetings:

  1. Issue presentation research - start to read
  2. Reflection final draft due last class
  3. Choice project
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
      1. 400-500 words typed and printed-due 12/8
      2. What did you feel, think, learn
    2. Influential Educator (Final paper due 12/8)

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Class 12 Issue in Education Presentation Research Time

Pre Work:

  1. Issue presentation research - start to read

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Peer review reflection assignment
  3. Research
  4. Work Time for Handout and presentation

For Future Meetings

  1. Issue presentation
    1. Bring copies of your one page handout for all members of class
    2. 5 minute presentation
  2. Reflection final draft due last class
  3. Choice project
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
      1. 400-500 words typed and printed-due 12/8
      2. What did you feel, think, learn
    2. Influential Educator (Final paper due 12/8)

 

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Class 13: Presentations

Pre Work:

  1. Issue presentation
    1. Bring copies and be ready to present
  2. Choice project
    1. Volunteer - entry to google document after each visit (Final reflection due 12/8)
      1. 400-500 words typed and printed-due 12/8
      2. What did you feel, think, learn
    2. Influential Educator (Final paper due 12/8)

     

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Presentations on hot topics
    1. Reflection on presentations

For future meetings:

  1. Reflection
    1. Bring printed out
    2. Bring digitally (and laptop)
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Class 14 Presentations, UMF and more

Pre Work:

  1. Reflection

Agenda for Class:

  1. Housekeeping and Check in
  2. Uploading reflections
    1. Introduction to accreditation and TK20
      1. Teacher Education and Accreditation http://teachereducation.umf.maine.edu/
      2. Tk20 Website: https://tk20.umf.maine.edu/campustoolshighered/start.do
  3. Finish presentations
  4. Course Evaluations
  5. Success at UMF
    1. Your questions
    2. Answers!

 

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