1. Write in Microsoft Word and email to me as an attachment. Save a copy on your blog for safe-keeping.
2. Compositions must approach 600 words to qualify for an "A."
3. The use of texts for the reflection are: "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed," "Savage Inequalities," and "Psychology of Social Class." Points or terms or examples from each of these texts must be present to qualify for an "A."
4. In general, you are writing a reflection based on your answers to the following three questions, with the texts used to support or oppose your points. Your answer to these questions should be in the introduction as a quasi-thesis statement.
5. Questions
What are your reflections upon the role of tutoring in educational development and learning? How does tutoring fit into your larger teaching philosophy? How does tutoring and your teaching philosophy fit into your broader reflections about the issues within our contemporary educational system?
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Case Study
3 full pages (min for an A)
This assignment asks you to do the following:
Begin your case study by articulating your tutoring philosophy. Introduce yourself to readers, and to the texts you'll be drawing upon, and to your main principles of tutoring. Draw upon course texts and readings by mentioning up front the major ideas you plan to cite, who wrote them, and what texts they're from.
For your statement, consider: what is tutoring? what does it do? why does it matter? Your answers to these questions could help you form your tutoring philosophy. You'll want to ultimately be able to explain the different principles of your philosophy to your readers.
When you consider your principals of tutoring, consider what theories/strategies/texts they come from. That will give you an idea about how to connect your principals to the intellectual foundations of your principals.
Develop examples of how your tutoring experience has helped you develop this philosophy. Let your work with students demonstrate and illustrate different principles of your philosophy. In each example, give details about your work with students: what were the challenges, and how did you overcome them? How did you approach your work with students? How did you find out what worked and what didn't? Supplement your discussion with regular references to course texts.
The "case study" aspect of this assignments asks you to show your tutoring principals (the foundation of your tutoring philosophy) at work in your interactions with students while tutoring.
In your conclusion, consider some of the more philosophical discussions we've had about the context of tutoring. What are your reflections upon the role of tutoring in education? What are your broader reflections about the role of education itself?
This assignment asks you to do the following:
Begin your case study by articulating your tutoring philosophy. Introduce yourself to readers, and to the texts you'll be drawing upon, and to your main principles of tutoring. Draw upon course texts and readings by mentioning up front the major ideas you plan to cite, who wrote them, and what texts they're from.
For your statement, consider: what is tutoring? what does it do? why does it matter? Your answers to these questions could help you form your tutoring philosophy. You'll want to ultimately be able to explain the different principles of your philosophy to your readers.
When you consider your principals of tutoring, consider what theories/strategies/texts they come from. That will give you an idea about how to connect your principals to the intellectual foundations of your principals.
Develop examples of how your tutoring experience has helped you develop this philosophy. Let your work with students demonstrate and illustrate different principles of your philosophy. In each example, give details about your work with students: what were the challenges, and how did you overcome them? How did you approach your work with students? How did you find out what worked and what didn't? Supplement your discussion with regular references to course texts.
The "case study" aspect of this assignments asks you to show your tutoring principals (the foundation of your tutoring philosophy) at work in your interactions with students while tutoring.
In your conclusion, consider some of the more philosophical discussions we've had about the context of tutoring. What are your reflections upon the role of tutoring in education? What are your broader reflections about the role of education itself?
Class Agenda 8.5
1. Announcements
Case Study
2. Go over midterm
3. Go over Kozol
4. Go over Culture and Social Class
5. Refer to "ESL Writers" by Bruce and Rafoth
6. Edit videos
Case Study
2. Go over midterm
3. Go over Kozol
4. Go over Culture and Social Class
5. Refer to "ESL Writers" by Bruce and Rafoth
6. Edit videos
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Class Agenda 8.1
1. In-class blog: discuss how the filming process went yesterday. Remember you're writing to an outside reader. Explain what you did, why you were doing it, and whether or not you were effective. Discuss the goal of the project and whether you think that goal was met. Relate what you believe an audience will take from the project.
2. Email assessment of project to me. In a confidential email, discuss the following:
a. Please take a moment to note all the things you've done to produce your video: communications, planning, drafting, writing, reading, traveling, reporting to professor, playing a large role in the filming, and playing a large role in the editing (also consider if you helped other people produce their videos, and how). Now please rank which of these activities you did the most, in a ranked scale of 1-10 (1 being the thing you did the most, 10 being the thing you did least or not at all).
b. Please reflect on how much work you did in your group compared to your classmates. Honestly speaking, do you think you did more work on average, less work on average, or the same amount work on average? Without necessarily identifying other group members (though you're allowed to, as these reports are confidential), please rate yourself as more, same, or less and explain why.
c. Please consider how the filming went yesterday. Are you satisfied with how you believe your filming process went? Why or why not? Is there anything you would do differently? If so, what and why?
d. What grade do you think you personally deserve for this project (not the entire class)? Provide two reasons why you believe you deserve this grade. The reasons should relate to the work you did on the project.
e. Are there any issues that you'd like to bring to our attention as we assign grades? For example, did you have group members drop out of the project? Please let me know about anything you feel we need to know at this time. Remember, we won't share your writing with anyone else.
3. video editing.
iMovie
iMovie Basics
2. Email assessment of project to me. In a confidential email, discuss the following:
a. Please take a moment to note all the things you've done to produce your video: communications, planning, drafting, writing, reading, traveling, reporting to professor, playing a large role in the filming, and playing a large role in the editing (also consider if you helped other people produce their videos, and how). Now please rank which of these activities you did the most, in a ranked scale of 1-10 (1 being the thing you did the most, 10 being the thing you did least or not at all).
b. Please reflect on how much work you did in your group compared to your classmates. Honestly speaking, do you think you did more work on average, less work on average, or the same amount work on average? Without necessarily identifying other group members (though you're allowed to, as these reports are confidential), please rate yourself as more, same, or less and explain why.
c. Please consider how the filming went yesterday. Are you satisfied with how you believe your filming process went? Why or why not? Is there anything you would do differently? If so, what and why?
d. What grade do you think you personally deserve for this project (not the entire class)? Provide two reasons why you believe you deserve this grade. The reasons should relate to the work you did on the project.
e. Are there any issues that you'd like to bring to our attention as we assign grades? For example, did you have group members drop out of the project? Please let me know about anything you feel we need to know at this time. Remember, we won't share your writing with anyone else.
3. video editing.
iMovie
iMovie Basics
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