Teaching and Learning: Designing Opportunities for People to Think, Create, and Innovate
EDST 288
Spring 2023 not offered
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What impacts what we learn and how we learn it? Understanding sociological, psychological and cultural influences--as well as modern brain science--will dramatically affect how we design, plan for, and teach others about specific content and concepts. Written curriculum is the roadmap to learning and reflects the beliefs and values of the organization implementing it. Instruction is how that learning is delivered to the students. Curriculum and instruction--teaching and learning--are the cornerstones of what we learn and how we learn it. Many variables (e.g., language, culture, poverty, race, gender, etc.) impact an individual's ability to access and think deeply about the curriculum. This course will engage in inquiry about how people learn and what impacts their learning, as well as how we can effectively plan for and design learning that everyone can access, regardless of the variables that could potentially impact them. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS EDST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (EDST-MN)(EDST) |
Major Readings:
SAMPLE READINGS
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING AND THE BRAIN by Zaretta Hammond
UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue
EMBEDDED FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (Strategies for Classroom Formative Assessment That Drives Student Engagement and Learning) by Dylan Wiliam
CREATING STANDARDS-BASED INTEGRATED CURRICULUM: THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS EDITION by Susan Drake
PATHWAYS TO THE COMMON CORE by Lucy Calkins, Mary Ehrenworth
Selected excerpts, readings, and research TBD:
Yale University Preschool study excerpt or reference - the impact of unconscious bias
James Paul Gee (learning is a social act);
Alfred Bandura (self-efficacy);
Eric Jensen (how poverty impacts the brain);
Maslow's hierarchy of needs;
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development;
Ibram Kendi - how race and culture impact who we are and our readiness to learn;
Chapter 2 from James Neuliup's Intercultural Communication - selected reading on impact of culture on learning and communication;
Chapter from How the Brain Learns, 5th edition, by David Sousa;
Inclusion -- what it is and why it matters -- professional article
Brief readings on learning cycle models (Bybee's (1999) 5 E's and cyclical models (e.g., redesignU)
Peer-reviewed articles regarding curriculum and instruction
Selected videos TBD:
Eduardo Briceņo -- "The Power of Belief: Mindset and Success"
Rita Pierson -- Every Child Deserves a Champion
Todd Rose -- The Myth of Average
Authentic classroom videos
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Examinations and Assignments:
Reading Journal -- responses to the readings, identifying what was important to you, what was important to know, what you want to know more about
Written reflections about learning and self as a learner
Potentially an interview with an educator about constructing a design for learning
Designing a template for curriculum -- reflection/defense about how and what student chose to emphasize
Designing a course: a course overview (template co-created with students) and a unit of study
A 3-5 page task-based learning plan for unit of study that takes into account factors that impact learning and strategies to mitigate the impact (model to be shown and discussed)
Final examination
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