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EDC 210
Course Objectives and Assignments Aligned with Minnesota Standards
of Effective Practice
_Standards
of Effective Practice Addressed in this Course
_Course
Learning Activities and Assessments Which Address the Standards
Minnesota Standards of Effective Practice for Teachers Addressed in EDC 210
Standard 3: Diverse Learners. A teacher must understand how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to students with diverse backgrounds and exceptionalities. The teacher must:
D. understand how to recognize and deal with dehumanizing biases, discrimination, prejudices, and institutional and personal racism and sexism;
E. understand how a student's learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, and prior learning, as well as language, culture, family, and community values;
F. understand the contributions and lifestyles of the various racial, cultural, and economic groups in our society;
H. understand cultural and community diversity; and know how to learn about and incorporate a student's experiences, cultures, and community resources into instruction;
J. know about community and cultural norms;
P. bring multiple perspectives to the discussion of subject matter, including attention to a student's personal, family, and community experiences and cultural norms; and
Q. develop a learning community in which individual differences are respected.
Standard 4: Instructional Strategies. A teacher must understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. The teacher must:
D. enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and human and technological resources; and
L. use educational technology to broaden student knowledge about technology, to deliver instruction to students at different levels and paces, and to stimulate advanced levels of learning.
Standard 5: Learning Environment. A teacher must be able to use an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. The teacher must:
C. know how to create learning environments that contribute to the self-esteem of all persons and to positive interpersonal relations; and
P. develop expectations for student interactions, academic discussions, and individual and group responsibility that create a positive classroom climate of openness, mutual respect, support, inquiry, and learning.
Standard 6: Communication. A teacher must be able to use knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom. The teacher must:
B. understand how cultural and gender differences can affect communication in the classroom;
C. understand the importance of nonverbal as well as verbal communication;
D. know effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques;
G. foster sensitive communication by and among all students in the class;
K. use a variety of media communication tools, including audiovisual aids and computers, including educational technology, to enrich learning opportunitie; and
6D. know how to help people work productively and cooperatively with each other in complex social settings.
Standard 10: Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships. A teacher must be able to communicate and interact with parents or guardians, families, school colleagues, and the community to support student learning and well-being. The teacher must:
B. understand how factors in a student's environment outside of school, including family circumstances, community environments, health and economic conditions, may influence student life and learning;
Course Learning Activities and Assessments Which Address the Standards:
- Course Readings: Standards 3, 5, 6, and 10
- Learning Analysis Journals: Standards 3, 5, 6, and 10
- Small
Group Video Documentary: -ISM (N.) Project:
Standards 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10
