Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education

Week #2

Topics

• What are schools like?
• What do we think schools are like?

Activities

• Video views of schools and classrooms
  • Chalk
  • Waiting for Superman
• Initial discussion of student portfolios and weblogs
  • See “Education Web Logs” on Tech & Learning

Assignments

• Introduction to Current Events and Sample
  • Current Events is an ongoing weekly assignment. Each week, 2–3 students:
    • Communicate with each other to select a current article relevant to K-12 education and come up with three guiding questions for online discussion.
    • Email the article link and three questions to the teaching assistant.
    • Lead a discussion that incorporates their own thoughts and those raised online.

Readings

• [Learn] = Chapter 1: Learning: From Speculation to Science.
• Dalton, Mary M. The Hollywood Curriculum. Peter Lang Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 9780820468211.