Agenda for 6.02.03

 

  1. Responses to Literature Circles
    1. Related to multiculturalism because participants are forced to represent and interact with multiple perspectives.
    2. Most common lowest scores: 1 and 4. I think 1 because we are most experienced with this and can understand that we can always do more to prepare; I think 4 because we are asked to synthesize & apply—this is harder than just to comprehend or regurgitate back. Cf. Bloom’s taxonomy.
  2. Culturally relevant teaching
    1. Macedo  & Bartholomé
    2. Gloria Ladson-Billings photocopy
  3. Strategic Teaching
    1. Explicitly teach strategies for monitoring one’s own learning
    2. Begin with identifying students as bringing knowledge to the learning experience
    3. Introduce students to new discourses in which they can act as “insiders”
  1. Kohl
    1. Learning, unlearning, not – learning, (mislearning)
    2. Assent is tied to identity
  1. Images of Schoolteachers in popular and professional culture
    1. Simpsons Episode
    2. Groening overheads
    3. Chapters from our textbook
  1. Cultural Inquiries
    1. Small groups – have you covered all the parts of the assignment?

Which of the four options are you planning? What is your initial set of questions? Why is this a good inquiry for you at this time? How is this inquiry related to your professional work in education? What do you hope to learn about and challenge yourself to think about through this inquiry? What are your plans for how you are getting started right away (the working portfolio is due only one week from this assignment!)? What do you anticipate this project involving in terms of work, time, and resources? What sort of help might you ask from other class members in being able to do a good job with this assignment?

    1. Small groups – advice on what to do to make the inquiries successful.
    2. Discussion: what skills and tools do we need to accomplish our inquiries? How can we get them?