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Date |
Readings and Assignments Due
Today |
Class Topic(s) |
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Tuesday, January 23 |
First Class
Overview of Master’s Capstone
Project
Guest: Rita Rosenberg |
Topics on teaching:
Establishing a community and cooperative groups,
learning theories
Topics on research:
Identifying prior knowledge
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Tuesday,
January 30
Complete CITI Program
Library Day
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Tuesday,
February 6 |
Johnson, Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 3
Kohn: Preface & Introduction
(Printed CITI completion
report due) |
Topics on teaching: The
Purposes of Goal Setting; Why teach?
Topics on research: Intro.
to Action Research |
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Tuesday,
February 13 |
Johnson, Ch. 4 –6
Kohn, Ch. 1
Initial
Master’s Project Question(s)/Inquiry due
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Topics on teaching:
Professional Development
Topics on research: Using
Action Research to Solve a Problem
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Tuesday,
February 20 |
Johnson, Ch. 7
Kohn, Ch. 3
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Topics on teaching: The
Purposes of Schooling
Topics on research: Action
Research as a Process |
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Tuesday,
February 27 |
Johnson, Ch. 16
Kohn, Ch. 4
Finalized Master’s Project
Question(s)/Inquiry due |
Topics on teaching:
Measuring Student Achievement
Topics on research:
Identifying Article Types; Understanding Articles |
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Tuesday,
March 6 |
Johnson, Ch. 8
IRB Application Due
(Write answers to questions
1-11;
1-2 pages maximum) |
Topics on teaching:
Standards and Testing
Topics on research: Methods
of Data Collection |
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Tuesday, March 13 SPRING
BREAK - NO CLASS
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Tuesday,
March 20 |
Johnson, Ch. 9
Kohn, Ch. 5
Master’s Project Proposal
Draft #1 due
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Topics on teaching:
Cooperative Learning; Educational Technology
Topics on research: Methods
of Analyzing Data
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Tuesday,
March 27 |
Cooperative Team-Teaching
Presentation
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Topics on teaching:
Current Issues in Education
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Tuesday,
April 3 |
Johnson, Ch. 10
Master’s Project Proposal
Draft #2 due
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Topics on teaching:
Maximizing Student Learning
Topics on research:
Quantitative Design in Action Research
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Tuesday,
April 10 |
Johnson, Ch. 11
Kohn, Ch. 7 |
Topics on teaching:
Education & Politics; The Importance of Reflection
Topics on research:
Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations Reporting
Qualitative and Quantitative Data
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Tuesday,
April 17 |
Johnson, Ch. 17
Kohn, Ch. 15
Master’s Project Proposal
Draft #3 due |
Topics on teaching: School
Reform; teaching for social transformation
Topics on research:
Reviewing Quantitative Design; professional reading and
writing.
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Tuesday,
April 24 |
Johnson, Ch. 18
All lesson plans due by this date |
Topics on research:
Synthesizing Data
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Tuesday,
May 1 |
Master’s Project Proposal
Final Submission Due (and
uploaded to Taskstream) |
Topics on research:
Professional Presentations
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Tuesday,
May 8 |
Master’s Project Proposal
Presentations Due
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Tuesday,
May 15 |
Master’s Project Proposal
Presentations Due
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