EDUC 01 Online Syllabus Spring 2022
EDUC 01: Introduction to Teaching: Open for Antiracism (OFAR)
Overview
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.
Instructor Overview- Introduction to Teaching (EDUC 01)
For my project, I used my EDUC 01: Introduction to Teaching course. I added content to the Week 6 Module, when covers diversity and asks, "Who are today's students?". Students had already completed Chapter 3: A History of Schooling in America that was very Eurocentric and limited in scopre, so I wanted to provide a more diverse, and culturally relevant representation of Black women over the past 50-100 years who have made transformative contributions to education, such as Anna Julia Cooper, Geneva Gay, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Zaretta Hammond. Students also viewed and analyzed videos featuring three current, notable, Black female educators discussing abolitionist teaching, and created their own video committing to at least one anti-racist strategy they plan to implement in their own classrooms.
Action Plan
In teaching future teachers, one of my main goals is for them to challenge the staus quo and endeavor to make sure that the education landscape reflects those students within it. I want my students to think critically about the Eurocentric lens throigh which educational history is presented, and as a result does not adequately and equitably serve students of color. I want my students to learn about notable Black female trailblazers in education in the last 50-100 years that are missing from their textbooks, and to incorporate the anti-racist principles of these trailblazers into their future classrooms.
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the field of professional TK-12 education. Topics of this course include a basic understanding of a teacher's role and challenges in society; contemporary education issues within historical, social, philosophical, legal, and political contexts; impact of government policies on schools and students; and the various perspectives on curriculum and instruction, including meeting the needs of diverse learners. The roles and responsibilities of the educator and the educational system in California are examined, including the implementation of California content standards and frameworks, and the teacher performance standards. Students will independently complete a minimum of 45 hours of virtual observation/fieldwork in public elementary classrooms.
Course objectives
After completing this course students will be able to:
1) Evaluate and analyze effective teaching methods
2) Design a lesson plan and implement a lesson demonstration
3) Evaluate contemporary educational issues including culturally relevant pedagogy, student motivation, equal access, and the Common Core State Standards
4) Analyze and reflect on how school inequality results from complex larger social challenges
5) Compare various school structures (i.e. urban vs. suburban, charter vs. public)
6) Discuss and debate the need for multicultural education and academic support for English language learners
7) Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of both theoretical and practical educational approaches through discussion, assignments and assessments
student learning outcomes
Upon completing this course students will-
1) Describe various major historical developments in American education
2) Analyze the implication of various philosophies on classroom teachers' curriculum design, delivery, assessment, and classroom management.
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Anti-Racist Assignment / Module
I added content to the Week 6 Module, when covers diversity and asks, "Who are today's students?". Students had already completed Chapter 3: A History of Schooling in America which unfortunately was very Eurocentric and limited in scopre, so I wanted to provide a more diverse, and culturally relevant representation of Black women over the past 50-100 years who have made transformative contributions to education, such as Anna Julia Cooper, Geneva Gay, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Zaretta Hammond. Students also viewed and analyzed videos featuring three current, notable, Black female educators discussing abolitionist teaching, and created their own video committing to at least one anti-racist strategy they plan to implement in their own classrooms.
Also, here is an example of a video (Links to an external site.) where students were asked to commit to at least one anti-racist strategy they plan to implement in their own classrooms.
The students had to first watch the video below and base their strategy on one of the six discussed in the video.
https://youtu.be/UM3Lfk751cg
Here is a link to the CANVAS Commons for my Module from Week 6.
Describe your anti-racist assignment or module.
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