Go to Week:
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Week One: Welcome to ED253 | Agenda
Tuesday | 28 August
- ED253 Introductions
- Blogging Workshop I
Thursday | 30 August
- Current Events
- Blogging Workshop II
- ED253 Introductions
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
Week Two: History & Political Goals of Schooling | Agenda
Reading
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 1 The History and Political Goals of Public Schooling (3-33)
Tuesday | 4 September
Assignment due: Blog Post 1
Thursday | 6 September Inauguration of Dr. Michael Johnson, John Carroll University President — No Class
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Week Three : Dewey’s Pedagogical Creed | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 11 September Rosh Hashanah — Happy New Year 5779! — No Class
Thursday | 13 September
- Assignment Due in class (LCs II, III, IV) | BlogPost Neoliberalism
- Learning Communities : Seminar LCI concerning next week’s reading: Dewey (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed.
Week Four : Dewey’s Pedagogical Creed | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 18 September | Erev Yom Kippur — No Class Today!
Thursday | 20 September
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- LCI Learning Experience concerning this week’s reading Dewey (2018/1897). My pedagogic creed.
- Learning Communities: LCII Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s readings & lesson planning: Spring, (2018) 3 Education & Equality of Opportunity & 4 The Economic Goals of Schooling.
- Overview concerning next Tuesday’s readings: Spring, (2018) 3 Education & Equality of Opportunity & 4 The Economic Goals of Schooling.
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Week Five: Education & Equality of Opportunity I | Agenda
Reading
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 3 Education & Equality of Opportunity (69-92)
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 4 The Economic Goals of Schooling: Human Capital, Global Economy, and Preschool (93-121)
Tuesday | 25 September
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- LCII Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday |27 September
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities: LCIII Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s reading & lesson planning: Greene (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Greene (2018/1978). Wide-awakeness and the moral life.
Week Six: Wide-awakeness & the Life of the Teacher | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 2 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday | 4 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities :LCIV Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s reading & lesson planning: Spring (2018) 5 Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs & 6 Student Diversity.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Spring (2018) 5 Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs & 6 Student Diversity.
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Week Seven: Equality of Educational Opportunity II
Reading | Agenda
Spring, Joel (2016) American Education. 5 Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs (122-147)
Spring, Joel (2016) American Education. 6 Student Diversity (148-178)
Tuesday | 9 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- LCIV Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday | 11 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities :LCII Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s reading & lesson planning: Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Freire, P. (2013/1972). The banking concept of education.
Fall Break Friday 12 October – No Classes
Week Eight: Critical Pedagogy | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 16 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- LCII Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday | 18 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities : LCI Seminar concerning Week Ten’s reading & lesson planning : Spring (2018) 7 Multicultural and Multilingual Education & Ladson-Billings (2016/1995). The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
Discussion 1 overview concerning next week’s readings and themes:
- NCSL (2002) The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools.
- Dunn-Kenney (2010). Can Service Learning Reinforce Social and Cultural Bias?
Discussion 2 overview concerning Week Ten’s readings and themes:
- Spring (2018) 7 Multicultural and Multilingual Education &
- Ladson-Billings (2016/1995). The case for culturally relevant pedagogy.
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Week Nine | Service Learning Education
Dr. Shutkin Out of Town — Alternative Schedule & Learning Experiences this Week:
BlogPost Prompt | Service Learning
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 23 October
Thursday | 25 October
Week Ten: Multicultural and Multilingual Education | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Spring, Joel (2016) American Education. 7 Multicultural and Multilingual Education (179-216)
Tuesday | 30 October
- Noteworthy & Current Events
Assignment Due | BlogPost Service Learning
Assignment Due | BlogPost Paulo Freire and Critical Pedagogy
- BlogPost Discussion concerning week eight (8) learning experiences
- LCI Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday | 1 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities: LCIV Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s reading & lesson planning: Meyer (2007) What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Meyer (2007) What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory.
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Week Eleven: Straight Teachers & Queer Theory | Agenda
Reading 253edstudies
Tuesday | 6 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
Assignment Due | LC I, II, III BlogPost Multicultural and Multilingual Education
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- LCIV Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes
Thursday | 8 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Learning Communities: LCIII Seminar concerning next Tuesday’s reading & lesson planning: Spring (2018) 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling & 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels.
- Discussion / Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes: Spring (2018) 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling & 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels.
Week Twelve: Educational Power & Control | Agenda
Reading
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling (219-249)
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels (250-271)
Tuesday | 13 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- LCIII Learning Experience concerning this week’s readings and themes: Spring (2018) 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Homeschooling & 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels.
Thursday | 15 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Discussion
- Present Literature Review
- History of the Present Essay I
- Overview concerning next week’s readings and themes
Assignment Due: Present Literature Review
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Week Thirteen | Thanksgiving
Tuesday | 20 November Friday Classes meet — ED253 does NOT meet.
Thursday | 22 November (Thanksgiving Break – Class does NOT meet)
Week Fourteen : The Profession of Teaching|Agenda
Tuesday | 27 November
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- BlogPost Discussion concerning last week’s learning experiences
- Discussion History of the Present Essay II
- Overview concerning Thursday’s readings and themes
Thursday | 29 November
Reading
Spring, Joel (2018) American Education. 10 The Profession of Teaching (272-303)
- Noteworthy & Current Events
- Current Events
- Learning Experience TBA
Assignment Due: Present Proposal
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Week Fifteen |
Tuesday | 4 December –> ED253 History of the Present Essay Conference
Thursday | 6 December –> ED253 History of the Present Essay Conference
Fall 2018 Final Exam Schedule | Agenda
Assignment Due in class: History of the Present Essay
ED253-51 | 9:30 + –> Exam is Tuesday 11 December from 10:00am-11:50am
ED253-01 | 5:00 + –> Exam is Thursday 13 December from 4:00pm-5:50pm
(Fall 2018: Digital copy of your Present Essay required)