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| Note: | Student Presentations | Required Reflections |
In Class Activity | Class Session |
| Wednesday, September 3 | Course Orientation - Review of Syjlabus
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Discussion/Overview | 1 | |
| Friday, September 5 KDAY Recess - No Class | ||||
Monday, September 8 |
Submit a written reflection on what you presently think in means to be well-educated person. Submit via email (not an email attachment) at least two hours prior to the next class to teach@mtu.edu Make this an example of your best writing. |
Getting Situated |
2 | |
| Tuesday, September 9 - 7-9 p.m. - MUB Ballroom - Special Event - Prof John Sutherland and SFI student presentations. An emerging area of emphasis at Michigan Tech is the idea of sustainability. Prof. John Sutherland, director of Michigan Tech's Sustainable Futures Institute will provide an overview of the idea of sustainabililty. There will also be discussions with five graduate students who are focusing their work on one of the areas of sustainability. This is a mandatory attendance event. | ||||
| Wednesday, September 10 | In preparation for today's class, read and reflect on Alfie Kohn's article: What Does It Mean to be Well Educated? | 3 | ||
| Friday, September 12 | View and reflect on the video " School: The Story of Public Education: The Common School 1770-1890" | How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of American Schooling |
4 | |
Monday, September 15 |
View and reflect on the video " School: The Story of Public Education: As American as Public School 1900-1950 | 5 | ||
| Wednesday, September 17 | View and reflect on the video " School: The Story of Public Education: A Struggle for Educational Equality, 1950-1980. | 6 | ||
| No Class - Prof Kennedy at Conference | 7 | |||
Monday, September 22 |
View and reflect on the video " School: The Story of Public Education: 1980 to the Present." | 8 | ||
| Tuesday, September 23 - Special Event - Local SFI speakers - MUB 7-9 - This second event will allow students in the Sustainability Perspectives on Inquiry sections to interact with local people involved in sustainable enterprises and activities. Rick Loduha will lead a portion of the session demonstrating how local initiatives are leading to societal change. This, too, is a mandatory attendance event. | ||||
| Wednesday, September 24 | Read and Reflect on John Taylor Gatto's Against Schools | Radical Views | 9 | |
Friday,, September 26 |
John Holt and Unschooling Read and reflect on Return to Homeschooling |
10 | ||
| Monday, September 29 | Read Friere Review - Write a reflection on the speaker we saw at the Library on Friday the 26th | 11 | ||
| Wednesday, October 1 | Write a reflection on the topic... Education and Sustainability - What do they have to do with one another? |
12 | ||
Friday, October 3 - Learning about schools around the world Meet in J Robert Van Pelt Library for Orientation to Using Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan, Etc. |
13 | |||
| Monday, October 6 | Read and Reflect on "China Prep" You can watch the entire 50 minute video in segments at this site |
14 | ||
| Wednesday, October 8 | View and Reflect on Brewster Kahle Ted Video | 15 | ||
Friday, October 10 |
View and Reflect on Jeff Hawkins Ted Video | 16 | ||
| Monday, October 13 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - Chap 1 | 17 | ||
| Wednesday, October 15 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - Chap 2 | 18 | ||
Friday, October 17 |
Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - Chap 3 | 19 | ||
| Monday, October 20 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - Chap 4 | 20 | ||
| Wednesday, October 22 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - Chap 5 | 21 | ||
| Friday, October 24 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - 1st half of Chap 6 | 22 | ||
| Monday, October 27 | Read and Reflect on On Intelligence - 2nd half of Chap 6 | 23 | ||
| Wednesday, October 29 | View and Reflect on the Ted Video OLPC | 24 | ||
Friday, October 31 |
Read and Reflect on Alfie Kohn Interview on Punished by Rewards |
25 | ||
| Monday, November 3 | You've alread watched the first three kids in class. Now view the rest and reflect on Part 1: TIme for School - The Global Education Crisis | 26 | ||
| Wednesday, November 5 | View and Reflect on Part 2: Back to School - The Ongoing Struggle to Educate the World's Children (90 minutes) | 27 | ||
Friday, November 7 |
Read and Reflect on Barriers and Gateways to Learning | 28 | ||
| Monday, November 10 | View and reflect on Frontline - Testing our Schools | 29 | ||
| Wednesday, November 12 | Helping students reconstruct their self-concept. |
30 | ||
| Friday, November 14 | Read and reflect on Why Self Discipline is Over-Rated by Alfie Kohn | 31 | ||
| Monday, November 17 | Read and reflect on It's Not What We Teach by Alfie Kohn | 32 | ||
| Wednesday, November 19 | Read and reflect on PBL Handbook by Larry Spence | 33 | ||
| Friday, November 21 | Read and reflect on Progressive Education by Alfie Kohn | 34 | ||
| Thanksgiving Break | ||||
| Monday, December 1 | Group 1 presentations | Alex, Nick, Chris, Conrad, and Charles |
Putting It Together | 35 |
| Wednesday, December 3 | Group 2 presenations |
Tom, Genny, Kathleen, TJ, and Matthew | 36 | |
| Friday, December 5 | Group 3 presentations | Michael, Keegan, Orlando, Elliot, and Caitlin |
37 | |
| Monday, December 8 | Group 4 presentations |
Kyle, Stan, Brian, Daniel, and Amanda | 38 | |
| Wednesday, December 10 | Read and reflect on Feel-Bad Education by Alfie Kohn | 39 | ||
| Friday, December 12 | Evaluation/Summing Up | 40 | ||
| Final Paper Due - Friday, December 12th by 5:00 p.m. - Submit via email attachment to teach@mtu.edu in .doc, .docx, or .pdf file format only. | ||||