This course is divided into two approximately equal sections. 1) One meeting a week will be dedicated to a seminar style class to discuss assigned readings, have guest speakers, exercises, assignments and workshops. 2) Students will complete service-learning hours. This set up is aimed at meeting two overarching objectives. 1) To familiarize you with pedagogical techniques specific to your area of interest in both theory and practice. 2) To prepare you to conduct a successful summer FOCUS program that is beneficial to FOCUS members and constituents

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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2 comments:

  1. Caitlin OrmanFebruary 3, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    Yay FOCUS!

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  2. Horse of a Different ColorFebruary 9, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    I read this news article today and thought it might be relevant to the class:

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NO_CHILD_LEFT_BEHIND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

    It's a bit long, but it talks about how the Obama administration is granting waivers to 10 states freeing them from the requirements of No Child Left behind. 28 other states along with D.C. and Puerto Rico also plan to seek waivers. This will allow schools to focus more on the education of individual students rather than test scores. States without a waiver are still subject to the requirements of NCLB because it's still "the law of the land." There's some backlash to the waiver plan of course, namely from House Republicans (quelle surprise).

    --Bryan

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