TE804 Schedule 2008

Dat Discussion topics Readings or Assignments due

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Part 1: Preparing for Lead Teaching
1/11 Course Overview

Management issues (scenarios)

Planning Application Investigation
(common pitfalls & weaknesses)
1/18 Application activity cycle
Assessment
1/25 Inquiry data & scaffolding Application plan due

Using embedded assessment Bring: Samples of student work on a

written embedded assessment
2/1 Inquiry activity cycle Bring in sample inquiry data
Assessment
2/8 Science Literacy Inquiry plan due
Distinction between teaching
philosophy Read: Science for All Americans (read
introduction and skim other chapters)

http://www.project2061.org/publi
cations/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm

Review beginning MI standards for

scientific literacy
Part 2: Lead Teaching
2/15 No Class
2/22 No Class Science Literacy assignment due (email
it in)
2/29 No Class
3/7 No Class MSTA in Lansing
Part 3: Analysis of Lead Teaching
3/14 Videos of teaching for application Bring students work from application
cycle investigation - embedded &
Short class (9:10-10:35) summative
3/21 Assessment - analysis & Application Analysis
adjustment, feedback

Revisiting Science Literacy and

 your students
3/28 ELL
Plan classroom observations

Short class (9:10-10:35)

4/4 No Class
4/11 Videos of inquiry teaching Bring student work from inquiry cycle &
Revisiting inquiry videos
New Teacher Panel
4/18 No Class: Teacher Fair (Breslin Inquiry Analysis Due (email it in)
Center, 9am-4pm)
4/25 Poster session Poster
Report on classroom observations