10-522-103IA: Introduction to Educational Practices
Course Information
Description
This course will include the study of historical, philosophical and social foundations of education; issues and trends including diversity affecting our schools of today including elementary, middle level and secondary educational settings. An overview of the WI Department of Public Instruction and federal regulations; WI Act 31 Treaty Rights, fundamentals of teaching methodologies, learning styles, questioning techniques, and basic assessment practices will be addressed.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Explore the historical development of pre K-12 education in the United States
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner identifies milestones in the development of education.
    learner identifies key educational leaders.
    learner identifies theories.
    learner includes information about the governing structure of US schools.
    learner identifies the staff roles within a school.

  2. Analyze Response to Intervention (Rtl) as a current educational model.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner includes an overview of RtI
    learner describes how RtI uses data and assessment to measure student needs and record growth
    learner describes the three tiers of instruction as defined by the RtI Model
    learner researches supporting the use of RtI
    learner includes pros and cons of RtI
    learner includes the role of the instructional assistant in implementing RtI

  3. Analyze issues and trends affecting education today.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    Product includes educational trend
    Product includes educational issue
    Product includes a rationale for choice of trends/issues
    Product includes components of issues or trends
    Product includes the local effect of issue or trend
    Product includes effect of issue or trend on instructional assistants.

  4. Examine brain-based research and the implications on teaching and learning.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    Product identifies brain-based learning strategy(ies)
    Product includes research to support brain-based learning strategy(ies).
    Product models brain-based learning strategy(ies)
    Product relates the classroom environment’s support of brain-based learning.  (e.g. What would a classroom look like.
    Product explains how the brain changes with brain-based learning strategies.

  5. Incorporate learning styles into instructional strategies.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner's personal learning style is determined.
    product includes explanation of techniques for visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile learners.
    product includes use of four learning styles.
    product includes fully developed learning activity for each learning style.
    product includes visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile learning activities.
    product includes active and passive activities.
    product includes individuals, pairs, and team activities.

  6. Apply the theory of Multiple Intelligences.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product describes each of the multiple intelligences
    product describes personal intelligence strengths
    product explains how activities supports multiple intelligence
    learner creates an activity for each multiple intelligence area

  7. Use effective questioning techniques.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner includes open-ended questions
    learner includes closed questions
    learner provides example questions for each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy

  8. Describe the purpose, characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of assessments.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product describes the purpose of assessment.
    product includes an evaluation of assessment methods.
    product describes advantages of assessments..
    product describes limitations of assessments.
    product describes areas of individual assessment.

  9. Examine diversity of learners in the classroom.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner identifies several characteristics of a diverse classroom
    learner provides examples of each characteristic
    learner provides a rationale for the importance of the diverse classroom

  10. Investigate the components of the instructional cycle.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product demonstrates a catchy “hook” activity
    product includes an opening which reviews previous lessons, presents an overview and rationale and activates background knowledge
    product provides modeling of the skill being taught
    product provides direct lecture/instruction of skill being taught
    product engages students with questioning
    product provides guided practice session or active participation of students with prompts, checking for understanding, rephrasing, and additional examples and non-examples
    product provides evidence of feedback, corrective or acknowledgement of accuracy
    Product includes a closing with a review of the learned skill, a preview of the next lesson, setting performance expectations, engages students in self-evaluation
    product relates independent work was introduced
    learner reflects on the lesson observed
    learner makes recommendations to improve lesson observed

  11. Promote value of Wisconsin Act 31 and Native American Education.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product describes the difference between the terms: melting pot and cultural pluralism
    product includes a list of the 11 Indian tribes and bands in Wisconsin
    product summarizes 1989 Education Act and its statutory sections
    product summarizes the need and impact for Act 31 and Title 7
    product describes American Indian citizenship issues
    product references the Wisconsin DPI curriculum, resources and websites available for schools to access regarding American Indian Studies
    product suggests ways to celebrate American Indians in the classroom