EDUC 2010 - [Project-Based Learning with Children]

(CU-CEL, CU-UGR)

Multi-semester course: Winter, Spring (weeks 1-7). Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2021-2022. 1 credit (awarded upon completion of all classes in multi-semester course). First course: R grade only (in progress).

Course fee: $200. Permission of instructor required. Field trip to Baton Rouge, LA. To receive a grade for this multi-term course, students must enroll in both EDUC 2010 (winter) and EDUC 2011 (spring) of the same academic year.

B. Duff.

Students spend five days at an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that is committed to project-based learning. Students spend part of each day embedded in a single classroom and the rest of each day working with the professor and school staff to implement a project with older children. Daily reflection, both solo and as part of the team, is a key part of the intensive experience.

Outcome 1: Describe the academic and other standards to which elementary school students and their teachers in Louisiana are held accountable.

Outcome 2: Explain the history, demographics, current student performance data, and rules and protocols for the elementary school.

Outcome 3: Discuss advantages, disadvantages, and challenges of engaging in participant-observation as a method of understanding a context such as a school

Outcome 4: Explain why it’s valuable to, engage in critical reflection during and after a community- engagement experience.

Outcome 5: Give clear directions and ask clear questions that help students complete the different parts of a multi-faceted project.

Outcome 6: Describe the challenges and benefits—for students, education professionals, and schools—of enacting project-based pedagogy (vs. more conventional direct instruction.

Outcome 7: Demonstrate modeling skills for elementary-age students.

Outcome 8: Examine the daily challenges of school professionals (teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals) and be more comfortable and skilled at interacting with them