Faculty Information
Name: M. Catherine Hull
Adjunct
Professor-Education |
Office: By appointment only
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E-mail:
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Phone Number:
301-846-2507
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Office Hours:
By
appointment only |
Campus Mail Box:
#342
All faculty and staff mailboxes are located
in the "A" Building across from the Financial Aid Office.
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Credits: 3
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Academic
Deadlines: Last day
100% refund – January 29, 2010 The last
day to withdraw – April 9, 2010 |
Prerequisites: EN 50A and EN 52 or ESL 95 and ESL 99. It is strongly recommended
that students pass this course prior to ED 202 and ED 203, if applicable.
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Co-requisites: None
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Required On Campus Meeting
Days:
January 26, 2010
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Required
Meeting Time/Location:
7:00 – 8:30pm Room L228
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Inclement weather:
Call (301) 624-2400 or check the college
website at www.frederick.edu
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Inclement weather make-up days:
To be determined
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This course examines the historical, philosophical, and social
development of American education.
Students will learn methods, concepts, and principles of
education. They will analyze and
reflect on the processes of teaching and learning. They will explore the interrelationships of
education, social institutions, and pluralistic culture. Students will also reflect on ways that
values, skills, and experience shape and are shaped by schooling and society. Observations,
teaching, and a portfolio are required.
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By the completion of the course
students will: 1. Use
appropriate educational terminology in oral and written discussions of the
history, philosophy, and social context of public education; 2. Analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and draw
inferences from educational research; 3. Explain
the influences and effects of other social institutions such as law,
politics, government, and methods of financing on schools and education; 4. Observe
and assess classroom teaching and learning experiences, applying those
judgments to their own teaching and learning in pluralistic ways; 5. Develop
and present strategies for inclusive, integrated teaching and learning at
home, at school, and in the community at large; 6. Analyze
and evaluate diverse philosophies of education and articulate their own
educational philosophy orally and in writing; 7. Write
thoughtful reflects on artifacts and educational issues, using college-level
composition skills and 8. Prepare selected
artifacts for a portfolio that demonstrates their growth as a
teacher and as a
learner.
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This is an online course. All
course activities will be conducted via the FCC Blackboard site (www.frederick.blackboard.com) Active, informed discussion and respectful interaction are emphasized
in this course via the discussion board. Quizzes, newspaper articles, videos,
case studies and websites are incorporated into this course. Note that an observation or service
learning project of at least 15 hours is a requirement for this course.
Students need to plan their time accordingly and should be prepared to
provide verification of their time.
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Sadker, M.
& Sadker, D. (2005). Teachers, schools and society. Boston: McGraw Hill.
(8th Edition). Additional
readings will be distributed online. |
Evaluation
Methods
Graded
Activity
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Points/Percentage
of Grade
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Weekly Activities
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25%
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Observation
Project |
25% |
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Portfolio Assignments |
30% |
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Discussion
Board Assignments |
20% |
The
calculation of the final grade will be based on the following scale:
A = 90% and
above; B = 80% - 89%; C = 70% - 79%; D = 60-69%; F = 59% and below.
Progress
Report
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Students
can check their progress in class online through the Blackboard site.
Students should use those grades to assess their progress in the course. FCC
offers a wide range of academic support services, including tutoring and
study skills workshops. Additionally,
students are strongly encouraged to discuss their progress in the course with
me as needed. |
Written
Assignments
All
written assignments must feature no larger than one inch margins written in
Tahoma, Arial or similar font no larger than 12 pt. Documents should be
submitted as Rich Text files (rtf). Assignments not submitted as an
RTF file will NOT be graded and will be considered late if resubmitted
after the due date. All assignments are expected to be free of spelling,
capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical errors. Ideas should be
expressed with clarity and papers should include proper language usage,
sentence structure, and paragraph structure.
Missed
Classes and Late Assignment Policy
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Attendance: Attendance for an online course is measured
by participation. In the case of this
course, your attendance is measured by the weekly Muddiest Point Discussions. Weekly attendance is required. Assignments:
All assignments must be submitted in class on or before the due date. Unless
otherwise specified, the due date is the last day of the week the assignment
was given. The weeks run from Monday
through Sunday. Any assignment received after the due date will receive a one
letter grade deduction. Late assignments will only be accepted one week after
the due date. However, this does not apply to assignments due the last two
weeks of class. During the last two weeks, work must be submitted on time and
will not be accepted late. |
Academic
Honesty
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Work in
this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty.
Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to
practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources,
particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases,
and ideas. |
Accommodations
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FCC provides reasonable
accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students
with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services
for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room
106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will
require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to
accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office.
Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC
web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. If you
currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student
Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your
accommodations and needs in class. I will hold any information you
share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do
otherwise. |
Email
Policy
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Email is an instructional tool
essential to student-instructor and student-student communication. In the
Blackboard environment by default, your email address is available to all
students in this course. However, students are permitted to use email
addresses of other students in this course only for the purpose and the
duration of this course. The instructor can be expected to
respond to regular student email inquiries (grades, posted assignments, and
tests excluded) within the time frame of 24 to 48 hours. The college’s official means of
email communication is via the FCC-issued email addresses (myfcc.frederick.edu).
The instructor uses these FCC-issued email addresses and BlackBoard to
communicate with students throughout the semester about projects, homework
assignments, extra credit opportunities, etc. It is the student’s
responsibility to read these email messages and to check BlackBoard. Students
must use their FCC email accounts when sending an email to the instructor. FCC has computers available
for student use; home computer problems will not result in a deadline
extension. |
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Week |
Content |
Assignments |
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1 |
Overview
of course; Start of
term activities |
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2 |
Chapter 1:
Becoming a Teacher |
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Chapter 2:
Different Ways of Learning |
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4 |
Chapter 3: Culturally Responsive Teaching
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5 |
Chapter 4:
Schools: Choices and Challenges |
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Chapter 4 Activities ·
Muddiest Point Week 5 |
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Chapter 5:
Student Life in school and at Home |
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Chapter 5 Activities ·
Muddiest Point Week 6 |
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Chapter 6:
Curriculum, Standards and Testing |
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8 |
Chapter 7:
History of American Education |
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9 |
Chapter 8:
Philosophy of Education |
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Chapter 9:
Financing and Governing America’s Schools |
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Chapter 10: School Laws and Ethics
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12 |
Chapter
11: Teacher Effectiveness |
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13 |
Chapter
12: Your First Classroom |
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Chapter
13: Q and A Guide to Entering the Teaching Profession |
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15 |
End of
course wrap-up |
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