EDU 650
Required Text
Newman, R. (2013). Teaching and learning in the 21st century: Connecting the dots. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

1a. Continual Learning
What importance do you think there is in having schools serve as places of continual learning? How would you weigh prioritizing improving the knowledge of teachers versus the knowledge of students? Is it just as important to ensure that teachers are continually learning, just as the students they teach? How can the same priority be placed on teachers learners as it is on student learning?

1b. Teacher Leadership
Watch the Ted Talk, Play, Passion, Purpose: Tony Wagner @ TEDxNYED.

In his Ted Talk, Tony Wagner shares that our schools are not failing and do not need reforming. Rather, he shares, our system is obsolete and needs reinventing. Given the idea that we need to prepare our students for a future in which there are many uncertainties, including which jobs will be of importance or even in existence, is the way in which teachers are gaining leadership opportunities contrary to this thinking? If the research shows that students need to think in new ways, do you think schools foster those skills in the way teachers are expected to operate? Are there changes you would suggest?

2. Summary of Learning

Review the content covered in the past five weeks of this course and list at least five ?take-away? items that you have learned. Lastly, write a paragraph that could be shared with students in future classes offering advice for success and insights on the course.

Contents are as followed:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.Evaluate the changing nature of education and its implication for various stakeholders.
2.Assess factors that impact the ability of educators to successfully lead a 21st century classroom.
3.Create a personal philosophy and a vision of serving the needs of all students in an ever-changing world.
4.Appraise the effectiveness of strategies, policies, and approaches on school efforts to improve teaching and learning.

 
Course Map
The course map illustrates the careful design of the course through which each learning objective is supported by one or more specific learning activities in order to create integrity and pedagogical depth in the learning experience.

LEARNING OUTCOME

WEEK

ASSIGNMENT

1.Evaluate the changing nature of education and its implication for various stakeholders.

?21st Century Skills Discussion
?Education Philosophy Assignment
?Classroom Management Plan
?21st Century Skills Revisited Discussion
?School and Creativity Discussion
?Different School Models Assignment
?No Teacher Left Behind Discussion
?Khan Academy: Innovative or Traditional? Discussion
?Effective Lesson Planning and Design Assignment
?Assessment for Learning Discussion
?Data Driven Decisions Discussion
?Assessment Matters Assignment
?Continual Learning Discussion
?Teacher Leadership Discussion
?Summary of Learning Journal
?The Big Interview Assignment

2.Assess factors that impact the ability of educators to successfully lead a 21st century classroom.

?Belief Systems Journal
?21st Century Skills Discussion
?Education Philosophy Assignment
?21st Century Skills Revisited Discussion
?School and Creativity Discussion
?Classroom Management Plan Assignment
?Multiple Intelligences Discussion
?The Purpose of School Discussion
?Intelligence Journal
?Different School Models Assignment
?No Teacher Left Behind Discussion
?Effective Lesson Planning and Design Assignment
?Assessment for Learning Discussion
?Data Driven Decisions Discussion
?Assessment Matters Assignment
?Continual Learning Discussion
?Teacher Leadership Discussion
?Summary of Learning Journal
?The Big Interview Final Project

3.Create a personal philosophy and a vision of serving the needs of all students in an ever-changing world.

?21st Century Skills Revisited Discussion
?School and Creativity Discussion
?The Purpose of School Discussion
?Different School Models Assignment
?Effective Lesson Planning and Design Assignment
?No Teacher Left Behind Discussion
?Khan Academy: Innovative or Traditional? Discussion
?Data Driven Decisions Discussion
?The Big Interview Final Project