1/9

Research Methods
** please bring calculators
What does it mean to know? What are various ways of describing what is “typical” of a set of data?

HANDOUT
Annotations, research logs and the outline of the Master's project

Due Today

• Research Methods Syllabus
• Master's paper question accompanied by explanation of why question is important to you, to your students, and to the professional education community.

SEMINAR

Information about TLS paper

Due Today

• Appren. in Thinking
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies Rogoff's major points and ways points supported, along with critique and questions.

Learning & the Artistic Brain
Introduction & Overview
syllabus

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today

• Identity autobiography

1/16

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

NO CLASS

1/17

Who is the adolescent? Exploring public perceptions and statistics.

K-8 literacy

• Firming Up Your Definition of the Reading Process
• Phonemic Awareness, Invented Spelling, and Learning to Read and Write
• Responding to Children's Book Letters: Content and Form (D'Nelian)
• Burke Reading Inventory

Due Today

• Adolescent Dev. syllabus
• K-8 literacy Syllabus
  

1/18

History, Democracy, & Schooling

Due today:

SEMINAR

Identity prompt #1

Due Today

• Experience and Education
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies Dewey's major arguments and ways supported, along with critique and questions.
• Designing Groupwork, Forward, Chapters 1 & 2

Learning & the Artistic Brain (Susan)
Line & Art History

Community Meeting/Reflection

1/23

Research Methods:

When can you say that something has been caused by something else, or that the two are just related?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• Identity Autobiography Journal
• 2 annotated citations for Masters Project

1/24

Who is the adolescent? Exploring public perceptions and statistics, cont.

K-8 literacy

• Internalization Quiz
• Children's Book Letters
• Burke Reading Inventory
• Setting Up a Primary Literacy Program
• Planning for How to Practice – initial thoughts

Due Today

• Adolescent Dev. syllabus
• K-8 literacy Syllabus

1/25

History, Democracy, & Schooling

Due today:

SEMINAR

Identity prompt #2

Due Today

• Experience and Education
• 3-5 page organized discussion & critique (i.e. strengths & weaknesses) and application of Dewey's argument

Learning & the Artistic Brain
Line & Art History accross the curriculum

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today

• Visual Art syllabus
• Visual Art groups
  

1/30

Research Methods:

What can researchers claim based on who they study and what they measure?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• 1 annotated citation for MP

1/31

Who is the adolescent?
The social, historical and cultural context

K-8 literacy

K-8 literacy Syllabus

Due Today

2/1

History, Democracy, & Schooling

Due today:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• I Won't Learn from You
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies Kohl's major arguments and ways supported, along with critique and questions.

Learning & the Artistic Brain (Nanci):
Color (value, hue, tint) & Art History

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today
Draft TLS paper

2/6

Research Methods:

What can researchers claim? Are they measuring what they think they are measuring? What conclusions can researchers make based on the study design?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• 1 annotated citation for MP
• Identity Autobiography Journal

2/7

Who is the adolescent?
Cognitive development

K-8 literacy

K-8 literacy Syllabus

Due Today

2/8

History, Democracy, and Schooling

• TOT: Spring chapters 10,11 & 12
• Assessing student learning
• Democracy project work-time

Due today:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• Power, Privilege, and Difference
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies Johnson's major arguments and ways supported, along with
• Identity prompt #4

Learning & the Artistic Brain
Color (value, hue, tint) & Art History across the curriculum

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today
Visual Art syllabus

2/13

Research Methods:

What is a meaningful finding?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• 1 annotated citation for MP

2/14

Who is the adolescent?
Identity development

K-8 literacy

K-8 literacy Syllabus

Due Today

2/15

History, Democracy, and Schooling

• TOT: Spring chapters 13,14 & 15
• Assessing student learning

Due today:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• Power, Privilege, and Difference
• 3-5 page organized discussion & critique (i.e. strengths & weaknesses) and application of Johnson's argument
• Identity prompt #5

Learning & the Artistic Brain (Adeena & Julia)
Pattern / Repetition & Art History

Community Meeting/Reflection

2/20

President's Day

NO CLASS

2/22

History, Democracy, and Schooling

Due today:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• Nickeled and Dimed
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies (author's name) major arguments and ways supported, along with critique and questions.

Learning & the Artistic Brain
Pattern / Repetition & Art History across the curriculum

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today
Visual Art syllabus

2/27

Research Methods:

What kinds of questions can be answered using qualitative methods? What key questions will help you critically read qualitative research?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• 2 annotated citations for MP

2/28

Who is the adolescent?
Emerging sexuality

K-8 Math (note date switch)

Due Today

• Adolescent Dev. syllabus
• K8-Math syllabus

3/1

Research Methods: TBA

History, Democracy, and Schooling, Due today:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Learning & the Artistic Brain (Anna)
Proportion & Art HIstory

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today
Final TLS paper

3/6

Research Methods:

How trustworthy are data in qualitative research? What are various modes of data collection?

Due today:

• Research Methods syllabus
• Identity Autobiography Journal
• 1 annotated citation for MP

3/7

Who is the adolescent?
Presentations: How do/can teaching integrate knowledge?

K-8 literacy

K-8 literacy Syllabus

Due Today

3/8

History, Democracy, and Schooling

Due today see:

SEMINAR

Due Today

• Ways with Words
• EITHER a visual organizer OR short response piece that identifies Brice-Heath's major arguments and ways supported, along with critique and questions.

Learning & the Artistic Brain
Proportion & Art HIstory across the curriculum

Community Meeting/Reflection

Due Today
Visual Art syllabus