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Session 3 (11/27 @ 12:40pm & 3pm)
The group looked at and discussed case studies for the online module concerning course materials. The following questions were discussed: Questions to consider for “To Read or Not to Read” How can a fairly fixed curriculum be made more relevant to students? Should the department revisit the major requirements? Why or why not? How might […]
Session 2 (11/6 @ 12:40 and 3 pm) & 11/12 @ 12:40pm
Groups discussed two readings. One presented Ginsberg and Wlodkowski’s Motivational Framework. We asked participants to consider their course syllabus in light of this framework: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.466.6742&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=25 The second reading is by Django Paris who distinguishes “Culturally Sustaining” pedagogy from GLB’s “Culturally Relevant” framework. https://web.stanford.edu/class/linguist159/restricted/readings/Paris2012.pdf
Session 1 (Oct. 9, 22, 23) – three groups
At this first session, participants read three cases and considered the syllabus in light of the Motivational Framework and the following questions: What is the syllabus used for? Who is (or should be) the audience of the syllabus? How do instructors help students to engage with the syllabus, to understand why and how it serves […]
