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ECUR 991 - Scholarship in Teaching Instructor: Dr. Tim Molnar
Office: 3035 Education Building
Phone: 966-7572Email: [email protected]
Face to Face Meeting Days
(optional Saturday Jan 16th, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, to help in orientation)Class 9:00 am - 11:50 am S Jan ______, 2010 (30th?)
Class 9:00 am - 11:50 am S Feb ______, 2010 (13th or 20th?)
Class 9:00 am - 11:50 am S Mar ______, 2010 (13th or 20th?)Class 9:00 am - 11:50 am S Apr ______, 2010 (3rd?)
Room 1020 ( but may vary as our needs evolve)
Purpose of the Course:
This course is the culmination of Graduate Studies colleagues' research into professionalknowledge and identity undertaken throughout the MEd degree within a transformative and
reflective learning culture. Graduate level colleagues will demonstrate their scholarship in
teaching through developing a collection of academic and professional work. The work may be
represented through a variety of media, such as portfolios (including electronic portfolios),multi-media presentations, and professional development initiatives. If possible we will
participate in the graduate studies seminar at the end of term.Learning Outcomes:
To reflect on teaching and learning philosophy.
To demonstrate awareness of the ethical nature and practice of professional work and
research. To analyze, synthesize and evaluate teaching scholarship through growth in
understanding educational theory.
To demonstrate academic and professional competence in their chosen field ofcurriculum studies or educational communication and technology.
Technical Requirements: Browser enabled computer for online discussion (minimum) Ability to run and function in programs such as "Elluminate", "Mahara" and "Moodle"
(suggested not compulsory)
Specific Course Activities and Topics
As you build your portfolio, presentation, performance etc...you may:
Identify major trends in curriculum theory, and major trends in their own specific
areas of interest, then identify how their understanding of curriculum has evolved
through participation in their MEd courses. Decide on the final form of your Scholarship in Teaching portfolio, presentation or
performance.
Reflect on teaching practice. Through examples from your own and othersexperiences, you will describe ways in which educators influence practice in different
educational settings, as well as identify ways in which educators can best represent
their skills, challenges and changes. Take a problem-solving approach to evaluating practice and to curriculum
implementation.
Reflect on issues of diversity, including Aboriginal issues, teaching and learning in
multicultural contexts, and working with the full range of student needs.
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Create and make a presentation of your understanding of your academic and
professional growth during the MEd program to the class or to another academic/
professional group. Carry out a final interview with a faculty member, based on your presentation
Construct an annotated personal curriculum vitae that demonstrates leadership in
curriculum or educational technology.Format and Flow of Class:
There are basically three areas of activity in this course. One, participation in online
discussion providing feedback concerning particular professional and scholarly topics, andcolleagues work. Two, preparing a summary, closing or final representation of your scholarly
experience as a teacher. Three, attending and participating in face-to-face discussions and
presentations.Evaluation:
Online discussions and/or in-class presentations: 30%
Final interview/oral examination 25%
Portfolio, Presentation, Performance 45%
Topics:
Topic 1-Jan 10th
What are your plans for developing your final portfolio, presentation or performance?
Describe your initial ideas, what you may focus on as meaningful from your M.Ed experienceand perhaps a hint of why.
1 To create and maintain a learning environment that encourages and supports the
growth of the whole student.2 To demonstrate a professional level of knowledge about the curriculum and the skills
and judgment required to apply this knowledge effectively.
3 To demonstrate and support a repertoire of instructional strategies and methods thatare applied in teaching activities.
4 To carry out professional responsibilities for student assessment and evaluation.
5 To reflect upon the goals and experience of professional practice, and adapt one s
teaching accordingly.6 To work with colleagues in mutually supportive ways and develop effective
professional relationships with members of the educational community.
7 To conduct all professional relationships in ways that are consistent with principles ofequity, fairness and respect for others.
ECUR 801.6 - Principles and Practices of Curriculum Construction
ERES 800.3 - Research Methods: Introductory LevelECUR 990.0 - Seminar in Curriculum Research
ECUR 992.6 - Project or
ECUR 991.3 Portfolio
ECUR 994 - ThesisECUR 805.3 - Trends and Issues in Educational Research and Development
ECUR 809.3 - Models and Methods for the Evaluation of Educational Programs
ECUR 810.3 - Design and Practice of the Evaluation of Educational ProgramsECUR 819.3 Trends and Issues in Mathematics Education
ECUR 820.3 Introduction to Graduate Studies in Science Education
ECUR 830.3 Research in Teaching and Learning
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ECUR 832.3 Practicum in Professional Development
ECUR 843.3 Reading Process and Practice
ECUR 870.3 Literacy Education and CurriculumECUR 872.3 Trends and Issues in the Study of Writing
ECUR 888.3 Trends and Issues in Social Studies
ECUR 898.3 or ECUR 899.6 Individual Reading Courses in CurriculumERES 845.3 Qualitative Research
ERES 840.3 Quantitative Research
_________Required courses for the MEd degree in Educational Technology and Communication:
ECMM 802.6 - Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Educational Technology
ERES 800.3 - Research Methods: Introductory Level
ECUR 990.0 - Seminar in Curriculum ResearchElective courses for the MEd degree in Educational Technology and Communication:
ECMM 803.3 - Principles and Practices of Designing Multimedia Resources
ECMM 804.3 - Distance Education
ECMM 873.3 - Principles and Practices of Instructional DesignECMM 874.3 - Advanced Approaches to Instructional Design
ECMM 876.3 - Organization and Administration in Educational TechnologyECMM 877.3 - Advanced Video Production in Education
ECMM 879.6 - Television in Education
ECUR 991 Molnar
Session No. 1 Getting StartedGoals of our first group discussion:
1. To understand the general purpose and intended outcomes of the ECUR 991 course
as a capstone experience of your M.Ed experience.2. To become familiar with some possible organizing frameworks for demonstrating
your meaning making (learning) as a scholarly teacher or educator.
3. To become become familiar with various technologies and formats you might
employ in virtually and physically presenting your learning as a scholarly teacher oreducator.
4. To begin planning and outlining how you will integrate the goals 1, 2 and 3.
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Some Ideas for discussion concerning the final final form of your electronic portfolio:
Electronic portfolios (Mahara, Moodle personal web site etc.)
Overview of MaharaPaper portfolios (i.e. indexed folder collection, binder etc...)
Presentations (i.e. posterboard/panels, powerpoint/keynote, slideshow, movie etc...)
Performance or artistic display (i.e. Found poems, prose, drama, poetic, visual art) orother.
Possible frames or structures for the development of portfolios, electronic
portfolios, presentations etc...
Sample A:
Using the STF Code as a guide for reflection in building your portfolio. The Code
includes the following core principles of competent teaching practice, each of which
teachers may demonstrate in various ways and which you can integrate with yourscholarly knowledge and understanding.
1. To create and maintain a learning environment that encourages and supports the
growth of the whole student.
2. To demonstrate a professional level of knowledge about the curriculum and theskills and judgment required to apply this knowledge effectively.
3. To demonstrate and support a repertoire of instructional strategies and methodsthat are applied in teaching activities.
4. To carry out professional responsibilities for student assessment and evaluation.
5. To reflect upon the goals and experience of professional practice, and adapt ones
teaching accordingly.6. To work with colleagues in mutually supportive ways and develop effective
professional relationships with members of the educational community.
7. To conduct all professional relationships in ways that are consistent with principlesof equity, fairness and respect for others.
Sample B:Using the STARR technique with your portfolio or presentation etc.
For each artefact (story, paper, image etc...) you include in your portfolio include a
STARR story.STARR is a technique which assists you to place your experiences, behaviours,
knowledge, skills and
abilities in a context. You can use class work, assignments, fieldwork experiences,
volunteer work, family life - anything really - as examples of how your understanding asa scholar teacher has developed during your M.Ed experience.
The acronym STARR relates to:
Situation: Describe the specific situation. Set up your story.Task: What was the task you were trying to accomplish? Tell who, what, when, where,
and why (include only relevant details)
Action: What did you do to solve the problem or meet the task?Result: Specify results. What happened?
Reflection: Link the capability you were demonstrating in this example to broader goal
of becoming a teacher.
Such reflection may include: in-depth insight and self-knowledge; an explanation of
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how do you understand yourself in relation to the capability; what the selected
artefacts reveal your understanding; what does each artefact says about your growing
capability; your personal knowing and transformation, values ; the development of youridentity as a scholarly teacher and involvement in the teaching community.
Sample C:Schwab's Common places. A Matrix Analysis for considering the development of your
understanding during your M. Ed experience (using a modification of Schwab's Commonplaces
and Nine Cultural Universals). Using selected areas that prompt or resonate with what you havelearned.
Cultural
Universals
The Scholar-Teacher (how instruction is delivered)The Student (who is being taught)
What is Taught (the content)
The Milieu (of teaching learning)
Value system of school/ schools
Guiding ideas for meaning making: What is or was.
What changed in my understanding and what I understand now.
i.e. Whitehead's criticism of the"banking" system of education provoked me and began a changein my thinking about curriculum.....
Cosmology i.e. the Western values implicit in current education carry with it the force ofcolonialization that continue to be deaf to the "voice" of more marginalized people.
Through Battiste's discourse and my own observation I began to change my... SocialOrganization i.e. Through my
readings and discussions on leadership I began to realize that power existed throughout the
school system and tha twith colleagues I could...
Technology i.e As I began to consider how technological innovation was being used in schools I
began to wonder if much of it was truly needed. I began to research the utility of technology in
relation to cognition that allowed me to more clearly see....
Economic system i.e. Reading I grew to understand better the nature of intergenerational poverty
and its effect on students and their families I realized there were necessary duties that I as aneducator needed to address. With this knowledge....
Political system i.e. Reading Foucault's work left me with a new understanding of how power isshared across the domains of schooling
Language i.e. Todd's work began to reveal to me that the peer to peer language I overheard gave
me new insight into what the students' valued and this began to change my way of...
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Aesthetic system i.e. while the need for structure remains as I read Eisner's work on
connoisseurship I realized that learning was not always orderly , that the beauty of learningresided equally....
Socialization Process i.e. Constructivist pedagogy allowed me to realize the social nature oflearning and that children were often reliant upon peers to create meaning. With this
understanding I started to think about my classroom and began changes that.....
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Portfolio Work: Some Ideas, Cautions and AidsConsiderations of Portfolios (especially electronic one's)
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Creating a Portfolio
Presented
By
Mary Sue Baldwin
Director
Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship
August 2006
A portfolio is. . .
a structured documentary history
contains a carefully selected set of coached or
entered accomplishments
contains samples of student work
is supplemented by reflections
(Schulman, 1991)Rationale
To demonstrate teaching/career effectiveness
To reflect upon learning/managing/leading/teaching
To provide evidence of static/dynamic learning
To apply for positions/internships/awards
To share knowledge/expertise
To foster discussions on leading, teaching, and learning
Portfolios can be a . . . A Sonnet, Map, Mirror
Diez, 1994
Portfolio Development
Define the portfolio context and goals
Audience, purpose, goals, standards, resources
Types
Working portfolio (Digital packrat)
Reflective portfolio (Formative)
Connected portfolio (Hyperlink)
Presentation portfolio (Networking)
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Portfolio Structure
Portfolio
Samples Reflective Commentary
What was learned,
by whom,
and under what conditions
Context of Meaning
Electronic Portfolios
Allows portfolio developer to:
Collect and organize portfolio artifacts
Use a variety of media types
Aid reflection on these artifacts
Organizes portfolio around:
StandardsLearning goals
Learners reflection
Process
Review
Plan
Collect
Select
Arrange
Reflect Edit
Submit
Format & Items
Format
Table of Contents
Curriculum
Vitae/Resume
Goals
Philosophies
Projects
Assessments
Awards & Recognitions
Reflections
Appendices
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Items
Program of Study
Written Work
Clinical Plan
Skills Assessment
Letters
Emails
Newsletters
Award Programs
Presentations
Photos
CEUs
Timelines
8 10 pages plus supporting evidence 12 15 hours over several days
Recommendations
Limit page numbers.
Obtain support from other portfolio authors
and evaluators.
Have a unified construct.
Develop standard evaluative criteria.
Emphasize evidence over glitz
Assessment
Current
Balanced
Coherent
Valid
Diverse
Evidence-Based
Contribution
Products
Context
Format
Feedback
Portfolio Mentor
A mentor can assist in:
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Reviewing areas of the teaching-learning process to be examined.
Determining what kinds of information you collect.
Determining how the information is analyzed and presented.
Outlining the purpose and audience for the portfolio.
Maintenance
Use the appendix as a filing system.
Dont reinvent the wheel.
Focus on selected areas.
Keep revisions detailed and specific.
Take advantage of continuing education opportunities.
Use your mentor.
Examples
Carolyn Austin (English)
www.ags.uci.edu/~cfaustin/ Kathleen Fischer (Teaching)
durak.org/kathy/portfolio/
Michael Barnett (Education)
Inkdo.indiana.edu/mikeb/portfolio/portfolio.html
Katherine Conrad (Nursing)
Helium.vancouver.wsu.edu/~conradk/frame.html
John Zubizaretta (Program Director)
www.columbiacollegesc.edu/faculty/johnz/admn_excerpt.html
Jay Rumsey (OD)
www.nova.edu/~rumsey/cv/Portadmin.html
Source:
Creating a Portfolio
Presented
By
Mary Sue Baldwin
Director
Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship
August 2006
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