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GOAL: To reflect on your lesson planning and week-long Cooperative Learning activity.

GIVE: Feedback to others on their assignments at the TWB Learning Cafe .

Assignment 8: Journal of Implementation

• Keep a journal over the course of the week and write down what you notice on a daily basis.
• End the journal with a reflection of 4-5 paragraphs touching on any or all of the following issues:
  • The level of engagement and interest of your students
  • The kinds of questions that inspire students to think
  • The appropriateness of the content
  • The teaching techniques
  • The use of resources
  • The areas of challenge
  • What you would do to enhance or improve this project next time
  • What information you need in order to grow professionally in this area

Assignment 9: critical questions

Assignment 9: Critical Questions

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GOAL: To connect what you've learned to your school and larger community issues, and to identify areas where you might need help.

GIVE: Feedback to others on their assignments at the TWB Learning Cafe .

Assignment 8: Critical Questions

In Course 2 we've looked at:

• Instructional theories (thematic, cooperative, outcome-based, character education)
• Approaches to curriculum (knowledge/product, process, praxis, context)
• Creating the context for students to think about thinking; and to safely learn via classroom management

• Discuss the educational systems in your community with regards to any two of the topics (or sub-topics) from above. How would you characterize the existing educational systems?
• From your perspective, what positive changes in education are currently underway with regards to the two topics you've selected?What changes are needed?
• How are you catalyzing positive change or actively participating in the process?
• What kind of support/resources exist in your school, or nearby schools to help you catalyze positive change in the two areas you'veselected? (They may be in the form of people, programs, institutional partnerships, monetary resources, internships, service projects,databases of organizational resources available to you.) Describe some of these resources and the concrete ways in which you can connectwith them.
• What challenges or obstacles do you face regarding the two topics you've discussed in questions 1-4?
• What kind of help do you need to overcome these obstacles?

Assignment 10: effectiveness of course 2

Congratulations on completing Course 2: Teaching Methods!

As you know, there are several other courses for you to choose from. However, before you begin another course, please send an emailto us at: ctm@teacherswithoutborders.org and let us know that you are ready to receive the "Effectiveness of Course 2 Survey." We ask that you completethis simple survey as your final assignment for Course 2.

We are eager to learn how to make this course even better. Thank you, in advance, for completing this survey as it will have anenormous impact for future versions of Course 2: Teaching Methods.

HOW TO POST TO YOUR E-PORTFOLIO

If you would like to learn how to post your Students' Reflections (from Assignment 5) to your

E-Portfolio, please click here .

SAVE YOUR STUDENTS' WORK

Save examples of your students' work as you go through these courses. You'll be glad you did. Course 5 asks you to post samples ofyour students' work for your final E-Portfolio.