Foundations of Education: Unit 1
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Unit 1 opens on Saturday, January 10th and closes on Sunday, January 25th!
Unit 1: Introduction, educational theories,
and part II of History of American Education video
As we discussed on Saturday, our first unit will be an open discussion around several issues from the first part of the History of American Education video series and your first two readings assignments - the chapter call Pioneers in Education and the chapter called Philosophical Roots of Education (click on links to download). Try to get through both as quickly as possible. We'll use this first unit as sort of a testing ground to make sure everybody can use WebCT to access the discussions. Be sure to make an appearance in the discussions in the first few days so I know you're "on board!" Good luck and have fun!
Remember to post your initial response to at
least one of the questions in the first week of the open unit - in the second
week, respond to at least two other peoples' responses during the second week
of the unit. The idea is to try to create some discussion of interesting issues,
ideas, and sharing of experiences.
Questions (these questions also appear in
WebCT so you don't have to remember them now):
After watching the first part of the video series and completing the assigned reading for the week - consider some of the following questions. Respond with your own ideas, experiences, insights, and recollections.
After reading through the questions and completing the reading, proceed to the discussion in WebCT.