Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Week two notes
Hello, it seemed to me that we had a good discussion tonight, about the different ways that philosophy can impact educational matters, both on a day to day basis and in terms of long range effects on students. I got the impression that after tonight there was more clarity for most of you in terms of the ideas discussed. I especially appreciated the interaction, and keenness to learn more, evident in each of you. Thanks also to those who came by after class to clarify expectations. Please continue to do that. I am always here for you. It is my honor to work with you; I hope that each of you is able to derive maximum value from the class in terms of your own goals and objectives. I will see you all in week six! Please do continue to interact on here and raise any concerns you may have. I will monitor from Canada. God Bless, Andy
Background materials for ED 6007
Hi, please observe the background materials attached at the following links:
-syllabus
-application paper rubric
-foundations project rubric
-week 3 for prep for Dr. Suwattana facilitating
-week 4 for prep for Dr. Suwattana facilitating
-week 5 for prep for Dr. Suwattana facilitating
Thanks,
Andy
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Week two powerpoint presentation
Here is a link to the powerpoint for week 2. Please be a little patient, and read carefully, as you have to follow instructions specifically, to download it. Andy
Monday, June 7, 2010
Week one notes
PLEASE DO NOT POST REFLECTIONS ON HERE, USE THE REFLECTIONS POST. THIS IS FOR NOTES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OR ASSIGNMENT CONTENT ONLY. THANKS
About the foundations project, to offer a little more guidance since I
think there is still some uncertainty, here are some things that might
be done:
- a unit of teaching with lessons and activities for any level
- a movie (your own, NOT taken off youtube) showing varied teaching
techniques and practices and possibly commentary on ways to teach
effectively
- interview a series of practitioners/experts in education, and
compile ideas and activities into a summary of suggestions for
effective instruction
- have somebody tape you delivering lessons, then critique your own
teaching and write a list of ways to improve, then possibly try some
of these ideas and reflect on them
- do the above, but get a colleague or administrator to help with the
critique and reflection
- work with a group in the class (3 to 4 students) and each of you
will observe the others teaching, or a movie of you cannot do it in
person, then each of you will offer the others ideas for improvement.
Each of you can then put together an improvement plan based on the
contributions of your peers
- a research project with the focus on effective teaching. Take the
results and compile a sort of top ten summary of lessons or ideas that
may be most efffective for you, giving reasoning for each
- take any one of our class sessions or readings and use it as the
base for a unit of teaching, then do some research as to how you might
go about creating this unit, and write up the results of the research
- create a blog and invite experts and others to comment on effective
teaching techniques
- build a facebook page and invite teachers to share techniques and stories
- for those of you more interested in the administrative side of
things, you may make that the basis for a project, working on and
researching some aspect of effective administration for educators
I would prefer electronic submission for this project, but I am
flexible in that I know there are some whose projects may need some
actual product, which cannot be sent over e-mail. That's alright, and
we will work with each case as it arises. Please feel comfortable
going out and trying something new for this project. Unlike the
application paper, which is pretty much a standard research paper,
this is chance for you to try something you have always been
interested in and to trial some new approaches. The only mistake here
is not trying.
Turning now to the three weeks Dr. Sawattana will facilitate the
class, think about what themes you might like to pursue for week three
and bring your thoughts to class next week so we can sort out groups
quickly using a minimum of class time. Do the same for week four in
terms of thinking about the country you would like to research. We do
need for one group to look at Thailand, and ideally some, or at least
one, in this group who are able to read Thai, so that they can look at
the Ministry of Education website for ideas. Also, remember that we
will use the same groupings to look at the legal questions for week
five.
Last point, please remember to read the first Ozman and Craver reading
on the philosophical aspects of education prior to next week so as to
be ready for our class discussion. See you in class!
think there is still some uncertainty, here are some things that might
be done:
- a unit of teaching with lessons and activities for any level
- a movie (your own, NOT taken off youtube) showing varied teaching
techniques and practices and possibly commentary on ways to teach
effectively
- interview a series of practitioners/experts in education, and
compile ideas and activities into a summary of suggestions for
effective instruction
- have somebody tape you delivering lessons, then critique your own
teaching and write a list of ways to improve, then possibly try some
of these ideas and reflect on them
- do the above, but get a colleague or administrator to help with the
critique and reflection
- work with a group in the class (3 to 4 students) and each of you
will observe the others teaching, or a movie of you cannot do it in
person, then each of you will offer the others ideas for improvement.
Each of you can then put together an improvement plan based on the
contributions of your peers
- a research project with the focus on effective teaching. Take the
results and compile a sort of top ten summary of lessons or ideas that
may be most efffective for you, giving reasoning for each
- take any one of our class sessions or readings and use it as the
base for a unit of teaching, then do some research as to how you might
go about creating this unit, and write up the results of the research
- create a blog and invite experts and others to comment on effective
teaching techniques
- build a facebook page and invite teachers to share techniques and stories
- for those of you more interested in the administrative side of
things, you may make that the basis for a project, working on and
researching some aspect of effective administration for educators
I would prefer electronic submission for this project, but I am
flexible in that I know there are some whose projects may need some
actual product, which cannot be sent over e-mail. That's alright, and
we will work with each case as it arises. Please feel comfortable
going out and trying something new for this project. Unlike the
application paper, which is pretty much a standard research paper,
this is chance for you to try something you have always been
interested in and to trial some new approaches. The only mistake here
is not trying.
Turning now to the three weeks Dr. Sawattana will facilitate the
class, think about what themes you might like to pursue for week three
and bring your thoughts to class next week so we can sort out groups
quickly using a minimum of class time. Do the same for week four in
terms of thinking about the country you would like to research. We do
need for one group to look at Thailand, and ideally some, or at least
one, in this group who are able to read Thai, so that they can look at
the Ministry of Education website for ideas. Also, remember that we
will use the same groupings to look at the legal questions for week
five.
Last point, please remember to read the first Ozman and Craver reading
on the philosophical aspects of education prior to next week so as to
be ready for our class discussion. See you in class!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Week one reflections and thoughts
Dear Students, I hope you all enjoyed week 1 of our course. At first I thought maybe there would be too many students to do a blog (probably over 40 when all is done, with new entries) but then I thought that we should try it; so we all get a chance to interact and see each other's thoughts and ideas. So this is where I will ask you to place your reflections and questions, rather than e-mailing them to me. You can simply place them on here each week as we go. Write your reflection paragraph and then three applications as a comment. Be sure to include your name. Of course you can still e-mail or phone if you wish if you have questions that may need a personal answer or you just want to discuss something privately.
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