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English Teaching Methods Course: Unit Plan Description And Rubric, Nicole Klimow
English Teaching Methods Course: Unit Plan Description And Rubric, Nicole Klimow
Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy
This unit plan describes expectations for a unit plan that serves as the cumulative performance assessment for the ESEC 506-E course that single-subject-teacher-candidates in English Teaching Methods Course. In small groups, clustered by the grade level they will be teaching, create a six-week unit plan that incorporates multiple learning standards, assessment practices, and texts grounded by an overarching question(s). This assignment mimics expectations and dispositions that in-service teachers demonstrate daily. The unit must define the academic focus—the big learning expectation that will be assessed summatively—by identifying the learning sequence and formative checkpoints so that learners are “ready” to demonstrate their …
Appreciative Inquiry: A Path To Change In Education, Pamela L. Buchanan
Appreciative Inquiry: A Path To Change In Education, Pamela L. Buchanan
Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) introduces a new approach to educational change. Most state and federal initiatives for educational change grow out of a deficit model determined to fix problems. The emphasis of AI is upon what is right with the organization and forms the basis for new initiatives and further change. This model proposes a cycle of inquiry used by leaders who distribute leadership across their constituents. Organizational learning is a process of individual and collective inquiry that modifies or constructs organizational theories-in-use and changes practice.
The study explored the relationship of AI, distributed leadership, and organizational learning qualities that exist …