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CRN 53207
Course Professor: Caitlin McMunn Dooley, Ph.D.
Georgia State University: College of Education
Announcements
August 10, 2007 RE: Teacher Research Project
July 11, 2007 RE: Feedback on Research Proposals from Caitlin
This is a test. I am learning about Wikis.
Course Summary
This course addresses constructivist theories of learning and how these theories apply to research. The focus is on how theory, research, and practice can improve learning and teaching. Constructivist principles guide course development (see program syllabus). The goals of this course primarily address Unit outcomes # 1, 4, and 5 stressing the importance to being committed to children, engaging in scholarship, creating new knowledge and being members of learning communities. This course’s content and organization are planned to support the Program’s commitment to prepare educational professionals focused on pupil learning and development and the Program Themes: TeacherResearcher, Learner-centeredPractitioner, and ProfessionalLearner.
Syllabus
Check assignments, course calendar, and teacher office hours here.
Tools for Doing Your Work
Link to GSU Library Homepage
NOTE: The research review form will only work for research articles. It will not work well with theoretical articles that do not directly involve a research project. So consider writing a short summary for those just to keep the main ideas and your own questions in your mind.
The research review form is a good "litmus test" to see if what you're reading is a conventional research study or not. If what you're reading can be framed with this sheet, then you're probably reading a research article. But if you're really struggling to find the "research question" and "findings" sections, then you might be reading a theoretical piece OR a less traditional research write-up.
Feel free to invent your own "thinksheet" to frame your readings and post it here. The form I give is just what's worked for me (Caitlin) in the past.
Readings
McCartheyMoje.pdf
Outside Resources
Comprehensive Website for Teacher Research hosted by GMU
Website with a Bunch of Learning Theories and Theorists
Online Discussions
Group Projects
WebQuest (NOTE: We'll do this in class on Monday, June 11. No need to do anything in advance)
Artifacts from our Classes
This is where we can post our notes from class or other documents relating to what we've already done.
Notes on Our Initial Theories of Learning.doc
TheoreticalAlignmentsTheories+of+Learning.doc (6-11-07)
AudioNotes from the MiniLecture on TheoriesOfLearning (6-4-07)
(NOTE: These are very big documents and should only be downloaded using a BroadBand connection, not dial-up. Also, both use RealPlayer. If you don't already have that software, it is free to download from http://www.real.com)
LearningTheories MiniLecture1o2.wav
LearningTheories_MiniLecture2o2.wav
Honing research questions (6-11-07)
Moving toward a Researchable Question.doc
Constructivism IS and IS NOT (6-11-07)
Articles about Ruby Payne's Framework (a la discussion 6-11-07)
The Classist Underpinnings of Ruby Payne.doc
From Class on 6-25-07
From our discussion of ontology, epistemology, and axiology we created a list of ideas that we saw within the articles that we read or ideas that we ascribe to ourselves:
This is a handout meant to spur some introspection and align the teacher research studies with philosophical stances:
Thinking Philosophically about Your Research Study.doc
This is a list of possibilities for data collection as well as the list of criteria that the class agreed on to guide the evaluation of Research Proposals. Note: At least three data collection procedures need to be conducted to ensure "triangulation."
Data Collection and prop eval.doc
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