Week+4

==== ** In //Teachers as Intellectuals,// Henry Giroux (1988) stated, "Schools need prospective teachers who are both theoreticians and practitioners, who can combine theory, imagination, and techniques" (p. 8). ** ==== = =

= What are the prevailing theories and models of learning? How does what I bring to the  mix impact  my teaching and students' learning?= = Week 4 | //What are the prevailing theories and models of learning?// [Part 3] = = =

== =**Scholarly Tasks **=

** 1. READ: **Chapter 7 of Goodman://"Your Best Friend or Worse Enemy: Youth Popular Culture, Pedagogy, and Curriculum in Urban Classrooms//" written by Jeff Duncan-Andrade, p. 113-143.
 * 2. READ:** George Siemens' essay, "Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age"


 * 3. READ:** Nel Noddings' essay, "Caring in Education"
 * 4. WRITE:** Compare and contrast either Duncan-Andrade or Siemens or Noddings viewpoint to another theorist's (from the list below) in response to the following questions:
 * 1) How does each scholar define learning?
 * 2) How does each scholar view the role of the teacher/educator within the act of teaching-learning?
 * 3) How does each scholar view the role of the student/learner within the act of teaching-learning?
 * 4) How is the scholar's learning theory relevant to students and teachers, and to the content and contexts of schooling today?
 * 5) What is (or how do you imagine) the scholars' position on KEY CONCEPT #1 (you pick one key term from the list below)?
 * 6) What is (or how do you imagine) the scholars' position on KEY CONCEPT #2 (you pick a second key term from the list below)?
 * 7) What is (or how do you imagine) the scholars' position on KEY CONCEPT #3 (you pick a second key term from the list below)?

__THEORISTS__
 * Maslow [Week 1 in-class]
 * Piaget [Week 2 reading & in-class]
 * Vygotsky [Week 2 reading & in-class]
 * Freire [Week 2 & Week 4 readings]
 * Ryan & Deci [Week 3 in-class]
 * Pink [Week 3 reading & in-class]
 * OTHER (YOU PICK an important concept we've covered in class thus far, or pick an applicable concept from one of your other classes)

__CONCEPTS__
 * mutual enhancement/teacher-student relationship
 * "hot cognition"
 * intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
 * affective domain
 * social justice pedagogy/critical pedagogy
 * youth popular culture
 * role of technology
 * emotional intelligence (EQ)
 * constructivism
 * "baggage"
 * student-centered pedagogy
 * social environments (family, friends, community)
 * prior experience, prior learning
 * self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, and relatedness)
 * learner differences and motivation
 * teacher beliefs, behaviors, dispositions, and aspirations aka "what teachers bring to the mix"
 * OTHER (YOU PICK an important concept we've covered in class thus far, or pick an applicable concept from one of your other classes)

===NOTE: Your artifact may take the form of a robust outline, spreadsheet, bulleted lists, a narrative, or a response using technology (audio or video). If you elect to create a audio or video response, post a link or file (along with a brief written description of your response) to your personal blog. Otherwise, bring a printed-out copy of your work to class with you.===

in class resources

INTEL Team Project

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Case Study #1 ["Rap teacher uses hip hop to school LA kids in algebra"]

Case Study #2 "Lidia and the gift of the collective brain"]

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Case Study #3 Dr. Mitra's "Hole in the wall" research]

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Case Study #4 [Lemov's "Building a better teacher"]

Case Study #4 School of the future]

Comparing Theorists and their Theories



Assessment Tool (via google forms)

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