Miscellaneous
Course Documents and Resources
The items on this page are resources for further in-depth
inquiry into the topics and themes discussed in this class. While
these items are not required reading, they are provided as a
convenience for follow-up on these topics.
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Go to--> Other Miscellaneous Readings and Resources on the Web
_SQ3R Presentation - SQ3R presentation notes, stored on GoogleDrive
_Wolfolk Discussion/Lecture Notes - found on the course syllabus
EDC 310/533 Course Grade Tally Sheet - Click here to download the EDC 310/533 course grade tally sheet in Excel
spreadsheet format. You'll hand-in this document on the last day of
class as a reminder of the points you earned.
APA's Learner Centered Principles - click to download the short booklet describing the Learner Centered Principles in-depth
_Experiential
Learning Cycle
Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development - This article discusses the Experiential Learning Cycle we spoke about in class.
Our Vision is So 15-seconds Ago:
Here's a very interesting article highlighting the sometime surprising
findings about the paradoxical discrepancies between what we see and
what we think we see. Vision is not photographic, not by a long shot!
Study links restricting screen time for kids to higher mental performance
Parents who possess the resolve to separate their children from their
smartphones may be helping their kids' brainpower, a new study suggests.
_Minnesota
Analysis of Beliefs in Education - a self-administered test to assist
teachers in discovering their educational philosophy
_Types of Power x Consequences for the
Powerholder Graphic
Managing
Polarities: How Practicing Leaders Can Manage Paradox, Dilemma and
Polarity -- An online reference for the concept of polarities
Regression
Towards the Mean -- A useful concept in understanding why people
believe the common misunderstanding that rebukes improve performance
and praise seems to backfire. This concept is discussed in class in
reference to why many people mis-apply behavioral techniques. The
original article Judgment
in Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases is also helpful in
understanding many common fallacies used (and misused) in daily
decision-making.
Pace
and Lead: The Grammar of Rapport--An online reference for the
concept of "Pace and Lead" discussed in class
_A
Theology of Education: How does your theology effect your education?
Blogs
by Prominent Educators: Several prominent educators keep their own blogs
going with their observations about education, schools, and politics.
Follow them at the following links:
Partnership
Education - Information about the concept of Partnership Education
and the work of author Riane Eisler.
_Principles for Building a Learning
Community Graphic
_Characteristics of Excellent Teachers
_Japan's Schools: Five Lessons
_Five Guiding Principles of Constructivism
_Academic
Controversy: Materials and More Information
_Conflict
Analysis Matrix (based on work by Deutsch et al.)
_Your
Classroom: Simple Ways to Create a Positive Learning Climate (A
PDF document to download)
Sample
Job
Application Questions: Some sample questions from the employment
applications of the Eden Prairie and South Washington Co. Public
Schools. As you'll see, they are based on the same philosophical
reflection and beginning teacher standards you see in this licensure
program.
Changing
Education Paradigms: Lecture by Sir Ken Robinson on the nature
of the emerging revolution in teaching and learning in the 21st
Century.
Two Million Minutes:
A Global Examination - Click Here to Visit
the 2 Million Minutes Website
Education Reform: A View From the Trenches -->
Click
Here
to View Online Video
Finland's Formula for Success
iTunes
U -- Download Free Assessment Videos Produced by the George Lucas
Educational Foundation (Edutopia)
TEDxTC - Peter Benson talks about "Sparks: How
Youth Thrive"
Psychology
in the Schools and Education Website
This APA-sponsored website provides resources for teachers based on the latest research on teaching and learning. The Center for Psychology in Schools and Education (CPSE) promotes the high quality application of psychological science to programs and policies for schools and K-12 education. The office serves as a liaison both within APA and with national educational and scientific societies, federal agencies, and the general public concerning the education and development of children and adolescents.
How
to
Keep
Kids Engaged in Class When students let their minds drift off, they're losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation.
Standardized
tests with high stakes are bad for learning, studies show
Standardized achievement tests have long been a routine part of our
efforts to measure the educational progress of students.In the distant
past, testing days came and went with little notice or fanfare for
students, parents and teachers alike. That's not true anymore...
Goodlad
on school reform: Are we ignoring lessons of last 50 years? John
Goodlad, author of more than three dozen books, is president of the
Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle and has held professorships
at Emory University, the University of Chicago, the University of
Washington and UCLA, where he was dean of the Graduate School of
Education from 1967-1983. His 1984 book “A Place Called School,” is
often credited with launching research efforts on school improvement.
This is long for a blog post, full of reflections by Goodlad about his
own life, educational history and schools today, but it is worth your
time. Goodlad always is.
Learning
by Giving: Community Service as Classwork An edutopia
article highlighting the use of service-learning in K-12 schools across
the country.The article includes links for more information and
assistance with planning a service-learning lesson in your classroom.
Mike
Rose: If You Have Been Called to Teach... In this recent
editorial, UCLA education professor Mike Rose, author of Why School?,
asks new teachers to reflect on the state of our profession and our
motives for being in it.
Creating
a National Culture of Learning The solution to more
standards and high-stakes testing? One group proposes a shift to
developing a "culture of learning" in American schools.
The
Broken Society New York Times columnist David Brooks
explores the roots of crisis in the cultural and market revolutions, and
how to rebuild trust from ground up.
When
"City Connects" Helps the Whole Child, Achievement Gaps Shrink
An innovative program out of Boston College is making a big
difference for children in 11 Boston elementary schools. City Connects
(CCNX) works with the schools to link each child to a "tailored set of
intervention, prevention and enrichment services located in the
community."
"Carrots
and Sticks Are So Last Century": A Conversation with Author Dan Pink
Best-selling author Dan Pink looks at current schemes for motivating
teachers and students, and he finds them wanting.
Scholar’s
School Reform U-Turn Shakes Up Debate: Diane Ravitch, the education
historian who built her intellectual reputation battling progressive
educators and served in the first Bush administration’s Education
Department, is in the final stages of an astonishing, slow-motion
about-face on almost every stand she once took on American schooling.
Testing,
Testing: A commentary, written by the Forum for Education and
Democracy executive director
George Wood, discusses some key aspects of education policy and "quick
fixes."
Approach
on Education Needs an Overhaul: A proposal from George Wood,
executive director of The Forum for Education and Democracy.
Sustainable
Workplaces, Retainable Teachers: The sense of calling that compels
educators to persist through difficult times and cope with stressful
situations also puts educators at risk for burning out. A Phi Delta Kappan
article by Nathan Eklund from Search Institute.
Rethink
Learning. Now. The Rethink Learning Now campaign is supported by a
growing coalition of individuals, education advocates, civil rights groups
and philanthropic organizations, each of whom shares a commitment to focus
the country's attention on three core pillars of successful education
reform – learning, teaching and fairness.
Accountability
for Performance – How Do Other Sectors Do It? It is
conventional to say that holding educators accountable and paying for
higher test scores will improve performance. Yet in reality, private
sector pay is almost never based primarily on quantitative performance
measures.
When
a Parent’s ‘I Love You’ Means ‘Do as I Say’ A New York Times article
by Alfie Kohn discussing the current state of research on rewards,
punishment and disciplining children.
Waldorf-Inspired
Public
Schools
Are on the Rise: An Edutopia Foundation article looks at The
John Morse Waldorf Methods School, in Sacramento, California, which
provides a different vision of education, complete with art, music, and
movement. Other articles on this site discuss additional aspects of this
educational approach.
What
Are Schools For? An
article by education scholar John Goodlad makes an argument for why we
have schools in today's environment and what we need to make them
successful.
Why
Send
My
Son to Public School? Five Freedoms Network director Sam Chaltain
discusses four things we could do that would make a difference in
choosing and improving public schools.
Where
We Stand: America's Schools in the 21st Century This
PBS Frontline special reviews the current state of American
schools with special emphasis on many of the most important issues
facing schools today including testing, funding, and globalization.
Watch the entire show on-line.
Blame
for School Achievement Gap Misplaced This synopsis of a
recent book by Arizona State University's David Berliner restates a
theme about which we've been talking in this class--the causes for
school achievement gaps are generally outside of the control of schools
and teachers.
Rewards
for Students Under a Microscope This
recent New York Times article discusses recent research on the
effectiveness of rewards for school children.
The 22 essential things that you should take
away from every job interview. A StarTribune column from
February 2009--some good thoughts from columnist (Outswimming the
Sharks) Harvey MacKay. _Circles
of Influence: Educational Disparities (ecological family development
model adapted by U of M researchers, originally created by Bronfenbrenner) Why
We Still Need Public Schools: Public Education for the Common Good
(This report highlights the history and importance of public education
in the United States.) Learning
to Teach: Ms. Moffet's First Year--a series of articles chronicling the
first year of a new teach in New York City elementary school.
What
No Schools Can Do (New York Times Magazine article)
What
Should Children Learn? (Atlantic Monthly article)
The
Near-Myth of Our Failing Schools
(Atlantic
Monthly article)
Building Successful Partnerships (a resource of the National PTA)
Go to www.pta.org, then look under "Topics" and you will find a link to "Parent Involvement." This the the national PTA's parent involvement initiative which promotes the National Standards for Parental Involvement Programs.
_Polarity
2 x 2 Table Graphic Discussed In Class
