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Trail 1: C & F

[Curriculum & Foundations Valley]

Dates: 1/22-2/1

Congratuations! You have completed all of the base camp sections. Many of the ideas that we have introduced will be addressed again in this 2nd trail. This section won't be as time intensive as the last.

Keep up the great contributions to the threaded discussion board. The quantity and quality of discussion has begun to ramp up as some of your book orders finally arrived in the last two weeks, and we've all begun to get the hang of blackboard.

Good luck on Trail 1.

GOALS

This is the on-ramp to joining the big thinker club --the women and men that always sound so pompous at parties. After this section, you shouldn't be able to overhear a colleague say "I use method X because it works," without wanting to use the following retort: Works for what? or... Whom? When? For what agenda? And who set that agenda? From what perspective? In other words, by the end of this month, nobody will want to share tuna-fish and juice with you in the school lounge.

I know that the culture of teaching often (rightly) resists philosophy and curriculum foundations because they are often left ungrounded in practice. I've tried to avoid some of this by choosing a text that is practical, and by also populating this section with some of my favorite practical ideas (like this lesson plan site). My hope is that you will accept a little sky with a little earth.

Additionally, you will brainstorm and finally narrow your research question and begin filling in items on the research chart which is already located on your course home page. Cute sites by the way!

TRAIL TOPICS

Skimming Through Curriculum & Instruction Foundations

Reflection & Topic Generation. Knowing what we know. 4 Metaphors for Language Arts. What is literacy? What is reform? Habermas's 3 Generic Domains of Human Interests. Who Owns Intelligence? Megacognition

Online Reading (1998): A New Reform Model for Teachers and Teaching

DPI. Marx, Vygotsky, Plato, Habermas, Dewey, McClaren & Others. History of Education. Poll of Teacher Attitudes & Manufacturing Crisis

REMINDERS

BOOKS ASSIGNMENTS

Check the Trail Guide for Dates

Threaded Discussion

(Located Under Groups in Blackboard)

If your last name begins with a letter that falls between A-M, please post your "threaded" discussion submissions on the Discussion Board Alpha. If your last name falls between N-Z, post your reflective writing on the Zebulon Board.

Post two times a week to the Blackboard threaded discussion

For Readings & Quizzes, Check the Trail Guide for Dates --
What is Due @ the End of TRAIL 1?

WHAT'S DUE?

Short informal analytical writings; Research Topic Generation; Short responses to questions over the readings

If you have questions about anything, please feel free to call me @ 252.328-6695.

	Threaded Discussion\| Instructor
Back		Forward

Threaded Discussion| Instructor

Back

Forward

Trail 1: C & F [Curriculum & Foundations Valley] Dates: 1/22-2/1

		Congratuations! You have completed all of the base camp sections. Many of the ideas that we have introduced will be addressed again in this 2nd trail. This section won't be as time intensive as the last. Keep up the great contributions to the threaded discussion board. The quantity and quality of discussion has begun to ramp up as some of your book orders finally arrived in the last two weeks, and we've all begun to get the hang of blackboard. Good luck on Trail 1.

GOALS		This is the on-ramp to joining the big thinker club --the women and men that always sound so pompous at parties. After this section, you shouldn't be able to overhear a colleague say "I use method X because it works," without wanting to use the following retort: Works for what? or... Whom? When? For what agenda? And who set that agenda? From what perspective? In other words, by the end of this month, nobody will want to share tuna-fish and juice with you in the school lounge. I know that the culture of teaching often (rightly) resists philosophy and curriculum foundations because they are often left ungrounded in practice. I've tried to avoid some of this by choosing a text that is practical, and by also populating this section with some of my favorite practical ideas (like this lesson plan site). My hope is that you will accept a little sky with a little earth. Additionally, you will brainstorm and finally narrow your research question and begin filling in items on the research chart which is already located on your course home page. Cute sites by the way!

TRAIL TOPICS *Skimming Through Curriculum & Instruction Foundations*		Reflection & Topic Generation. Knowing what we know. 4 Metaphors for Language Arts. What is literacy? What is reform? Habermas's 3 Generic Domains of Human Interests. Who Owns Intelligence? Megacognition Online Reading (1998): A New Reform Model for Teachers and Teaching DPI. Marx, Vygotsky, Plato, Habermas, Dewey, McClaren & Others. History of Education. Poll of Teacher Attitudes & Manufacturing Crisis

REMINDERS

BOOKS ASSIGNMENTS		Check the Trail Guide for Dates

Threaded Discussion (Located Under Groups in Blackboard)		If your last name begins with a letter that falls between A-M, please post your "threaded" discussion submissions on the Discussion Board Alpha. If your last name falls between N-Z, post your reflective writing on the Zebulon Board. Post two times a week to the Blackboard threaded discussion

For Readings & Quizzes, Check the Trail Guide for Dates -- What is Due @ the End of TRAIL 1? *WHAT'S DUE?* Short informal analytical writings; Research Topic Generation; Short responses to questions over the readings If you have questions about anything, please feel free to call me @ 252.328-6695.