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ELE 3000 Instructional Strategies for the Elementary School Fall, 2006 Section 4: 1:00-2:40 Monday/Wednesday Buzzard 1441 Professor: Carrie Dale, Ph.D. Office: Buzzard 1323 Office Hours: M/W: 3:00-4:30; T/TH: 10:00-11:00; or by appointment Office Phone: 217-581-7889 E-mail: [email protected] Unit theme: Educators as creators of effective educational environments - integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies and societies. Course Description: Topics include instructional models, assessment methods, models for classroom management and discipline, parent-school community involvement, familiarity with the Illinois Learning Standards, and school law. Proficiency is required in lesson planning, manuscript and cursive handwriting, and the use of the equipment in the Instructional Technology Center. Forty-five hours of practicum participation is required. Outcomes for all ELE classes: • Develop a desire of lifelong learning in students and personally display one’s own desire for learning, including self-evaluation skills. • Demonstrate good communication skills. • Demonstrate/exhibit sensitivity to students’ feelings. • Design instruction to develop and utilize the cognitive processes by which pupils learn. • Manage the classroom to optimize academically engaged time. • Perform successfully within the social and political contexts of schools and community. • Demonstrate knowledge of facts, and an understanding of fundamental principles, ideas, and relationships among various knowledge domains. • Demonstrate knowledge of past and present developments, issues, research, and social influences in the field of education. Outcomes Specific to the Course: • Provide for the uniqueness of individuals, recognizing the characteristics of culturally pluralistic and “at risk” populations, and foster appreciation for those differences. • Demonstrate knowledge of facts of fundamental principles, ideas, and relationships among various knowledge domains. • Using the designated curriculum and Illinois Learning Standards to design instruction to promote a healthy self-concept in students. • Using a variety of assessment and evaluation procedures to demonstrate alternative instructional methods to teach the designated curriculum to achieve similar learning outcomes. • Model appropriate professional behavior.Course Goal: The goal of this course is to provide proven teaching methods coupled with effective instructional theory, best practice, to preservice teachers. The course content was developed based on the premise that the teacher is an educational leader and decision-maker who both directly affects the students and influences the presentation of subject matter. This course offers a broad spectrum of instructional methodologies, techniques, and approaches that are workable in today’s classroom. Course Texts: Arends, R.I. (2007). Learning to teach. (7th edition). New York: McGraw Hill Charles, C.M. (2005). Building classroom discipline. (8th edition). Boston: Pearson. Practicum: Date for Practicum to be announced. The practicum will be three weeks long for three hours a day from approximately 12:00-3:45 p.m. The Practicum must be satisfactorily completed to pass the course. LiveText: 1. A requirement for this course is the ownership of a license to LiveText. This license can be purchased at the University Bookstore. LiveText can also be purchased online. 2. A requirement for this course is the submission of artifacts for your electronic portfolio. 3. Students who do not successfully complete the required performance assessment (direct instruction lesson plan) will earn than a “C” for the course. Course Requirements and Evaluation: 1. Participation/Class Activities 5 points per college classroom setting with a total of 2 absences permitted without penalty 110 2. Midterm 70 3. Final 70 4. Two (2) Direct Instruction Lesson Plans 40 points each 80 5. Group PowerPoint Presentation on Discipline 40 6. Personal Discipline Plan 40 7. Practicum Journal (completed during practicum weeks) 60 8. Formal Observation (completed during practicum weeks) 30 9. Completion of Portfolio Mandatory Pass 10. Handwriting Proficiency Mandatory Pass 11. ITC Proficiency Mandatory Pass 12. Practicum Experience Mandatory Pass 13. LiveText Submission Mandatory Pass 14. PDR Sheet Mandatory Pass TOTAL 500 Grading Scale 90% or above = A 80-89% = B 70-79% = C 60-69% = D Below 60% = F Points 500-450 = A 449-400 = B 399-350 = C 349-300 = D Below 300 = FDue dates will be set for all work. One point shall be deducted for each calendar day that a paper or project is late. No work will be accepted after Wednesday, December 6, 2006. Outline of Course Schedule CLASS SESSION TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES DUE 1 M Aug 21 Course Introduction 2 W Aug 23 Ch 1 (Arends): The Scientific Basis for the Art of Teaching Discuss lesson plans for presentations 3 M Aug 28 Ch 2 (Arends): Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms 4 W Aug 30 Ch 3 (Arends): Teacher Planning M Sept 4 NO CLASS 5 W Sept 6 Ch 4 (Arends): Learning Communities and Student Motivation 6 M Sept 11 Ch 6 (Arends): Assessment and Evaluation 7 W Sept 13 A. Ch 5 (Arends): Classroom Management B. Ch 1 (Charles): Classroom Discipline 8 M Sept 18 Ch 2: (Charles): Great Pioneers in Classroom Discipline Discuss lesson plans for presentations 9 W Sept 20 Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Presentations A, B and C 10 M Sept 25 Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Presentations D, E and F 11 W Sept 27 Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Presentations G, H and ICLASS SESSION TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES DUE 12 M Oct 2 Ch 15 (Charles): Working Effectively with All StudentsDiscuss Personal Discipline Plan assignment 13 W Oct 4 Ch. 16 (Charles): Formalizing your Personal System of Discipline Discuss Personal Discipline Plan assignment, Create Draft 14 M Oct 9 Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Ch ___ (Charles) Final three theories on classroom discipline 15 W Oct 11 MID – TERM Charles, ch 1-16 16 M Oct 16 Ch 7 (Arends): Presenting and Explaining 17 W Oct 18 Ch 8 (Arends): Direct Instruction 18 M Oct 23 Ch 9 (Arends): Concept Teaching 19 W Oct 25 Ch 10 (Arends):


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