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January 09, 2006
Beginning the semster
Categories: A Case of the Mondays
Today is the first day of the spring semester here at Winthrop. I'm pretty excited. I teach three sections of "Teachers, Schools, and Society" (the same class I taught last semester) and one section of a graduate class called "Teaching in a Democracy". The content for both classes will be similar, even though expectations and assignments will be different from the undergraduate to the graduate class.
I feel like I've gotten my stuff together and am ready to go.
In developing my syllabi, I gave some serious thought to what I wanted my students to get out of the class and did my best to match my assignments and assessments to those goals. I'll throw the syllabi up here for people to peruse. While both classes use the same textbook this semester, my plan is to teach more primary source material in future graduate classes. I generally don't like textbooks for grad classes, but am using one this semester to (admitedly) make things a little easier on myself and my students. No one wins if we are all overwhelmed. Once I get this course under my belt, I can change the readings up a bit.
Download file">Teachers, Schools, and Society Syllabus
Download file">Teaching in a Democracy Syllabus
Posted by Nakia at January 9, 2006 11:12 AM