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Educational Theory and Practice III

3-0-9 units. HASS-S · Undergraduate

See description under subject CMS.593[J] .

Spring 2012

Topics

  • Introduction: setting academic expectations
  • Cognitive language and literacy development: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky
  • Social, moral, and emotional development: Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, Part I
  • Social, moral, and emotional development: Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, Part II
  • Student diversity
  • Behavioral theories of learning
  • Information processing and cognitive theories of learning
  • Student-centered and constructivist approaches to instruction
  • Differentiated instruction—some practical steps, Part 1
  • Differentiated instruction—technology and grouping, Part II
  • Getting a teaching job. Interviewing.
  • Learners with exceptionalities, Part I
  • Standardized tests and accountability
  • Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood. Presentation and discussion
  • Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Presentation and discussion
  • Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence. Presentation and discussion
  • Special project presentations
  • Special project presentations (cont.)
  • What’s next? Taking care of yourself in the teaching profession

Readings

  • [Slavin] = Slavin, Robert. Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice . Pearson, 2012. ISBN: 9780133018097.
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Cognitive language and literacy development: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky · READINGS: Chapter 2 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Social, moral, and emotional development: Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, Part I · READINGS: Chapter 3 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Social, moral, and emotional development: Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, Part II · READINGS: No readings.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Student diversity · READINGS: Chapter 4 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • Guest speaker: Greg Schwanbeck, Teacher, Westwood High School
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 7 · TOPICS: Behavioral theories of learning · READINGS: Chapter 5 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 8 · TOPICS: Information processing and cognitive theories of learning · READINGS: Chapter 6 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 9 · TOPICS: Student-centered and constructivist approaches to instruction · READINGS: Chapter 8 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Differentiated instruction—some practical steps, Part 1 · READINGS: Chapter 9 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Differentiated instruction—technology and grouping, Part II · READINGS: No readings
    Reading assignment
  • Guest speaker: Emily Parks, Assistant Superintendent, Westwood Public Schools
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Getting a teaching job. Interviewing. · READINGS: Chapter 10 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • Guest speaker: Mark Holthouse, Teacher, Westwood High School
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 16 · TOPICS: Learners with exceptionalities, Part I · READINGS: Chapter 12 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Standardized tests and accountability · READINGS: Chapter 14 in [Slavin].
    Reading assignment
  • Guest speaker: Kenneth Hawes, Professor, Wellesley College
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 20 · TOPICS: Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood. Presentation and discussion. · READINGS: Pollack, William. Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood . Owl Books, 1999. ISBN: 9780805061833.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 21 · TOPICS: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Presentation and discussion. · READINGS: Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls . The Penguin Group, 2005. ISBN: 9781594481888.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 22 · TOPICS: Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence. Presentation and discussion. · READINGS: Canada, Geoffrey. Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence . Beacon Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780807044612. [Preview with [Google Books]( http://books.google.com/books?id=KlZmsxv4SiAC&pg=Pafrontcover>Google Books] ↗
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Special project presentations · READINGS: No readings
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Special project presentations (cont.) · READINGS: No readings
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Special project presentations (cont.) · READINGS: No readings
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 26 · TOPICS: What’s next? Taking care of yourself in the teaching profession · READINGS: No readings
    Reading assignment

Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as CMS.593[J] Prereq: CMS.592[J] U (Spring) 3-0-9 units. HASS-S

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