One of the assignments that I failed to talk about yesterday was the reading list. Please read Moll, et. al. (1992) by Friday. We will be referencing Moll (1992) several times during the semester, so keep it handy.
I also wanted to know if you are available at 9:30 a.m. on Friday for class. We can meet early during the day and not have to meet Friday afternoon. I'll also try to work up a schedule for next week, so that we don't have to be in limbo about when we can meet.
I'm awaiting word from Dr. Carmen Caceres about the student teaching workshops in January. I'll update you on her response this afternoon.
Yesterday was a great session and I believe that I have all of the confidence in your ability as teacher education candidates and in your future as STEM teachers. Please continue to ask questions because, as you could see, if there is something in your head that you don't understood it is often the instructor that may not have made it clear and it's the students' responsibility to bring it up. At least it is in this class, and probably in yours.
Before the overview, I spoke a little about the parameters of project selection. This will continue to unfold. I reminded you that your project topic should be selected by next Tuesday.
After our overview, we discussed selected education theorist/philosophers. Each of you participated and were involved in the discussion. The discussion was set up by asking for a volunteer to summarize the life and ideas of a philosopher and then the other students were given an opportunity to help the presenter begin to develop a big idea that you would formally write. As we went from one philosopher to another the same sequence was used. Finally, we compared each one of the education theorists/philosophers to each other. Hopefully, this developed a pattern and a comfort with answering future questions. Your written response to the philosopher was to use the RSQ model and share it on a Google Drive folder.
Our next discussion was to review "What Experts Say" on the Eduphoria website. Again, I was very pleased with the interaction and participation of each one of you. You were asked to select from one of the experts on the site and provide the Big Idea that the expert had. After the discussion of the experts, we compared our three education theorist/philosophers to what experts currently say about Project Based Instruction.
We ended the session by talking about the development of your project. I encouraged you to work with each other by creating Google Hangouts where you meet to discuss your project.
Recording for this session can be viewed by copying the following URL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bXdVUnFz4&feature=share) or clicking HERE.
Moll Reference:
Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Using a Qualitative Approach to Connect Homes and Classrooms. Theory into Practice, 31(2), 1321141.
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