Tuesday, July 27, 2010
CEDu 521 - Week 2
I love the idea of project based learning. One day I would like to plan my curriculum completely around new projects. Each topic that I do would be a new project for the students to work on, and move from topic to topic and project to project. If a student worked fast and well and finished their project early, then they could move on to another project. I know that this is going to take time and huge amounts of effort from both myself and my colleagues (luckily the other US History teacher is one of my best friends), but it is something that my school would really get into and it is the type of work that the International Baccalaureate program (the organization/program that my school is a part of) is looking for from students. I have heard that really good change in a school can take anywhere from 3 to 10 years to accomplish, so this is something that I'm looking at building on over the next several years, but I'm really looking forward to it, and it feels really good to feel like I am starting to work on it right now - even if it is just a small start.
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What a great goal Matt! All positive changes take time to implement and have the rest of the staff come on-board but it sounds like you and your colleague/friend are on the same page. Will your curriculum change much in the next few years? That is something to keep in mind as you are planning.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like it would be a great way to run a class, especially in history at the high school level. It sounds like you're working at a school that is open to change and ready to adapt to the times. I hope my new school has the same open mindedness that yours does so I can actually apply some of the things I've been learning in the last year to my job.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're able to design your class like that. It would make history come alive for your students, and I'm sure that they would remember more of it.
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