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Week 1 January 23
Objective: Become aware of the goals, objectives and outcomes of the Lesson Design Study Course
Warm Up: People Search (a team activity that establishes a collegial learning environment)
Session Topics/Activities:
Overview of syllabus, agenda and course requirements; Review: Individual Induction Plan (IIP)
Jigsaw Activity: Read and respond to teacher narratives from: Teacher Story
Assignments:
Read: Louise Gomez article: Telling our teacher stories Mills, H. (2001).
Journal: Choose from CSTP Domains A-E to reflect on goals that you want to increase professional efficacy.
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Week 2 January 30
Objective: Develop a vision to become a professional educator through deeper understanding of professional learning goals, roles and responsibilities.
Warm Up: Think-Pair-Share “Telling Your Story of Becoming a Teacher---Your Vision of the Teacher You Want to Be”
Share the Domain Goals that you identified. What are the supports and constraints to your development as an effective teacher? [are goals from within or in spite of context?]
Session Topics/Activities: Jigsaw activity Plus Minus Interesting on Introduction to Leading Lesson Study
Grade level/subject area teams form to identify individual lessons that have provided some challenge in promoting student learning.
Assignments: Read: Henderson, Ch. 5 “Autobiographical Inquiry” (I will email this to you as well as link it here) Bring an "artifact" that represents your cultural/family history. Begin individual lesson ideas to share with team and analyze for their learning-teaching connections.
Journal: What are the significant ideas or tools raised in the session tonight that you may transfer into your own classroom?
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Week 3 February 6
Objective: Gain skill and perspective in planning instruction and designing learning experiences that reflect, draw on and value students’ backgrounds, interests life experiences, prior knowledge, and developmental learning needs.
Warm Up: Culture Circle (an activity that promotes the sharing of culture/family background through artifact sharing)
Complete PMI on Leading Lesson Study
Viewing: Video on Context of Teaching in an Engaged Learning Constructivist) Classroom
Session Topics/Activities: Instructor Presentation: Promoting an Engaged Learning Context in the Classroom
Individual Activity/Analysis Responding to the ideas, challenges contests discussed in the Gomez Article - Telling our teacher stories
Share and Discuss - what are the characteristics of your classroom context?
Activity and
Discussion:
http://www.teacherscollege.edu/lessonstudy
How can lesson study promote inquiry, self study and collaborative practice in your school?
Assignments: Read: The Teaching Gap Chapters 1-3l Read: Consult Lesson Study and VPDC Websites to review lessons in your discipline or similar grade-level lessons. Journal:
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Week 4 February 13
Objective: Gain skill in transferring and implementing knowledge of students’ backgrounds, interests, life experiences and prior knowledge into effective instructional design of learning experiences for all students.
Warm Up: Multicultural Bingo (an activity that encourages exploration of shared and diverse cultural aspects) Session 4 Powerpoint Presentation
Assignments:
Read: Leading Lesson Study
CHS. 2, 3 & 4
Complete: Domain 1 and
Domain 2 of
Framework for Teaching and then Self Assess Your Practice
Journal: Reflect on the
levels of performance that you have identified and how you plan to
improve your self-efficacy.
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Week 5 February 20 Session 5 Powerpoint Presentation Objective: Develop instructional activities and materials to make subject matter accessible to all students. Warm Up: T-Chart on Attentive Listening (an activity that helps to identify and strengthen attributes of good listening)
Session Topics/Activities: Share your reflection on your levels of performance and self efficacy goals—How does self assessment promote inquiry into practice and performance?
Discuss what the reactions you have had to the video clips from the TIMMS Study
Meet with your Research Group to discuss ideas gleaned from the text reading in Leading Lesson Study
Assignments: Read: Stigler & Hiebert: The Teaching Gap, Ch. 5-6
Copy and complete Lesson Study Planning Sheets relevant for your group's goals. Plan to consult with Dr. Belgrad using these forms.
Look ahead in your curriculum to select the unit and possible lesson that will meet the identified goals of your lesson research study. Journal: Reflect on what you are learning about the collaborative process embedded in lesson study.
FYI LESSON STUDY VIDEO LINK http://www.misd.net/lessonstudy/videos.htm
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Week 6 February 27 Session 6 Powerpoint Presentation Objective 1: Design coherent instruction and learning activities collaboratively that are highly relevant to students and pedagogical goals. Objective 2: Improve professional practice by working with colleagues to analyze and modify instructional plans and teaching in order to enhance student understanding of subject matter.
Session Topics/Activities: In Lesson Design Research Groups: Work together on your group's lesson study plan using the templates provided in Leading Lesson Study
Discussion of Upcoming Reading Pedagogical Content Knowledge Analyzing the knowledge base of the effective teacher: - Pedagogical knowledge -Pedagogical content knowledge -Pedagogical context knowledge
Assignments: Read: PCK and Science Education. pp. 95-111 Consult Website to review lessons in your discipline or similar grade-level lessons.
Lesson Study: Individual work on the lesson as needed by your LDRG
Journal: 1. Reflect on how you are building your Pedagogical Content Knowledge within your classroom learning environment. 2. Reflect on how the lesson design process is contributing to the growth of your Pedagogical Content Knowledge associated with teaching the discipline in general and specifically with this lesson. |
Week 7 March 5
Objective: Improve professional practice by working with colleagues to analyze and modify instructional plans and teaching in order to enhance student understanding of subject matter.
Session Topics/Activities: Lesson Study teams meet to continue planning the process and the lessons; (tonight we need to develop timetables for accomplishing the remainder of the process).
Whole group: Lesson Study teams share their lesson themes and research questions with class. Objective: Seek ideas and recommendations from the class; feedback with ideas/adaptations based on PCK
Assignments:
Read: PCK and Science Education pp. 111-127 Review: EXAMPLES OF MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES IN THREE DOMAINS
Continue: Team work on Lesson Design Complete: Write-up of Team Lesson Event (or Video) of Lesson taught in your class; include the feedback from Lesson Study Team if you have received it.
Journal: Consider what can be gained from teacher collaboration in lesson design study in schools;
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Week 8 March 12
Objective: Work with colleagues to further analyze instructional plans and incorporate relevant modifications, assessment and evaluation strategies.
Session Topics/Activities:
Report-out on Team Lesson Revisions—simulating the teaching event with peers. Teams give feedback for lesson development to promote student achievement.
Individual lessons revision presentations
Assignments: Read: TTG, Ch. 7-8.
Bring Completed Pre-Lesson Study Summary
Consult Website to review lessons in your discipline or similar grade-level lessons.
Journal: Reflect on the overall outcome of the lesson design process with your team
See you in TWO WEEKS
University SPRING BREAK is from March 17-21 |
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Week 9 March 26
Objective: Design coherent instruction and learning activities that are highly relevant to students and pedagogical content and context goals.
Use the Lesson Study form to incorporate team suggestions and have team check for readiness for classroom implementation
Further Analyzing Instructional Assumptions about Learning
Group Sharing of Lesson Study experiences and reflections: How we can improve teaching through lesson study.
Class Jigsaw: Sharing of responses to the Stigler and Hiebert reading: The Teaching Gap
No Class Next Two Weeks
Assignments: Read: TTG, Ch. 9 & 10. Journal: Reflect on the readings and on the processes your team are engaged in at this time.
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Week 10 April 2
Objective: Design coherent instruction and learning activities that are highly relevant to students and pedagogical content and context goals.
Dr. Belgrad is away at AERA Conference Online Work via WebCt
Assignments: Teach Individual Lesson
with Study Group Observing (or Videotape and Distribute to Team for
review) Designate at least two times to meet your team online
synchronously or asynchronously Read: LLS Chapters 7 & 8 Assess the quality of your experience in working with your lesson design team using pp. 147-148
Journal: Following your assessment of Lesson Study, reflect on your professional growth during the process. Also note if there are goal areas that you continue to see as important to address. Post your reflections in the Discussion Forum of WEBCT. |
Week 11 April 9
Objective: Design coherent instruction and learning activities that are highly relevant to students and pedagogical content and context goals.
Lesson Study Written Report 1 Due
Lesson Study teams convene to work on incorporating new knowledge about students and engagement in critical inquiry into lesson study design.
Wrap around on group progress on lesson improvement.
Assignments: Teach Individual Lesson with Study Group Observing (or Videotape and Distribute to Team for review)
Journal: After hearing about the progress of other lesson design teams, what more can you do to incorporate lesson study in your school setting? |
Week 12 April 16
Objective: Design coherent instruction and learning activities that are highly relevant to students and pedagogical content and context goals.
Group Activity:
Sharing of the progress report based on perspectives, assumptions strategies and tools you are planning to incorporate in order to promote student learning
End-of-class debriefing on team progress on-lessons using feedback following presentations.
Assignments: Teach /Videotape your lesson while Lesson Study Group observes.
Read: Articles for Précis Assignment
Continue work on lessons Presentations: Due Sessions 12 & 13
Journal: Write a reflection on the experience of classroom observation by lesson study team. How does this promote critical and multicultural inquiry into your teaching?
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Week 13 April 23
Objective: Engage in group study of how lesson study groups have integrated aspects of PCK as well as elements of effective instruction and assessment in their classrooms
Lesson Study Written Report 2 Due
Warm Up: Mini-lesson on torn circles activity
Sharing journal responses to reading
Processing of group reflections on the progress of lesson design study
Assignments: Write: PCK and Effective Teaching Read and self assess using Domains of teaching (Danielson) Domain III The classroom environment Domain IV Professional responsibilities
Journal: Reflect on the levels of performance that you have identified and how you plan to improve your self-efficacy. |
Week 14 April 30
Objective: Engage in group study of how lesson study groups have integrated aspects of PCK as well as elements of effective instruction and assessment in their classrooms
Sharing of the journal responses related to the Framework Domains.
Translating the self assessments and goals into your continuing Induction Goals or Residency Plan (IRP).
Group reflection and discussion on each of the course assignments; analysis of what we have learned and goals for the future.
Discuss course content that promoted the role of teacher as: · Curriculum/Instruction Evaluator · Curriculum Designer · Teacher Leader · Collaborative Colleague · Teacher Researcher (Inquiry)
Preparation for Course Showcase
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Week 15 May 6
Objective: Identifying growth in content knowledge and pedagogical skill
Exhibition/Showcase on Significant Student Achievement in the Course
Peer Portfolio Conferences and Showcase; -Reviewing individual portfolios and sharing artifacts from the entire course;
BRIDGING SNAPSHOTS activity; Summary, conclusion, and
COURSE EVALUATION
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