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Course:	Introduction: Inquiry and Educational Change
Code:	EDTL 600
Semester:	Spring 2003
Instructor:	Judith A. Yoho

Reflection

From this course, I have learned to develop my professional development plan. A professional development plan would be beneficial for me to make progress in my career and to provide good opportunities. To develop a professional development plan, I could analyze my goal and determine the way to reach my goal. I could design the plan and activities to enhance my professional career growth in the future. I also have learned five propositions for being a professional teacher and the strategies of a successful learner in both the traditional and online learning. A professional development plan could be used to help the learner or even the teacher to develop and to be professional as the learner and teacher.

I have also learned to develop and design a research project. Developing a skeleton project design can dictate to me the procedures used in my research project. Reviewing the Institution Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects helps me to understand the significance of involving human subjects. Researches that are approved by the IBS will be valid and reliable as a reference. So, everyone who wants to do research must be approved prior to involvement on human subjects.

To develop good research, researchers must be able to evaluate other research. When they know the criteria to evaluate validity and reliability, they will be able to develop and design their skeleton research project that is valid and reliable. In process of studying, if researchers are going to do research that involves the use of human subjects, they need to submit their research project to the IRB for review and approval. It is responsible for researchers and the IRB to assure that all ethical issues have been fully addressed in the protection of human subjects.

Books

James H. McMillan and Jon F. Wergin. Understanding and Evaluating Educational Research, 2nd. ed. Pearson Education, Inc. 2002. ISBN number 0-13-027167-5.

Unit 1 - Introduction

Assignment_Computer Litercy    Assignment_Computer Litercy

Unit 2 - Strategies

Assignment 1_Professional Plan    Assignment 1_Professional Plan

Assignment 2_Strategies for Success    Assignment 2_Strategies for Success

Resources

Seven Habits Condensed Summaries http://www.profitadvisors.com/7habitlist.shtml General Purpose Learning Strategies Menu http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/genpurpose.html Content-Specific Learning Strategies Menu http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/conspecific.html Study Guides and Strategies http://www.studygs.net/ Successful Online Student http://www.webct.com/oriented/viewpage?name=oriented _successful_online_student Online Learning Tools http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/education.html What Makes a Successful Online Student? http://www.mvcr.org/Students/selfevaluation.asp Collaborative, Connected, and Experiential Learning: Reflections of an Online Learner http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed01/2.html

Unit 3 - Constructivism

Assignment_Constructivism Reflection    Assignment_Constructivism Reflection

Unit 3_Threaded Discussion    Unit 3_Threaded Discussion

Resources

Constructivism and Online Education http://edpsychserver.ed.vt.edu/workshops/tohe1999/text/doo2s.pdf Learning Styles http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.html Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html Project Zero http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies Matrix http://chd.gse.gmu.edu/immersion/knowledgebase/ Using Computer-Based Microworlds with Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Informal Case Study http://www.nowhereroad.com/thomas/ The Constructivist Zone Under Construction http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/ejsev2n2ed.html Grazing the Net:Raising a Generation of Free Range Students - Part 1 http://www.fno.org/grazing1.html Grazing the Net:Raising a Generation of Free Range Students - Part 2 http://www.fno.org/grazing2.html The constructivist view in science education http://www.if.ufrgs.br/public/ensino/N1/3artigo.htm Constructivism, Technology, and the Future of Classroom Learning http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/Publications/papers/construct.html Constructivism and Education: a Shopper’s Guide http://thalis.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour/articles/constr.html A Journey into Constructivism http://dougiamas.com/writing/constructivism.html Lloyd’s Collection of Exemplary UGA Student Projects http://www.nowhereroad.com/gallery/ Jung Typology Test http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

Unit 4 - Ethics & Education

Assignment_Ethics in Educaiton    Assignment_Ethics in Educaiton

Unit 4_Threaded Discussion    Unit 4_Threaded Discussion

Resources

The Utah State Office of Education Character Education http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/char_ed/ Institute for Global Ethics http://www.globalethics.org/ The Value Structure of Action http://www.friesian.com/key.htm Ethics in Education: Putting the “Who” Before the “How” http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1992/education.html Learning for Life http://www.learning-for-life.org/lfl/ Kids Who Care http://www.kidswhocare.org/ Picturing Tomorrow’s world http://www.globalethics.org/ptw/ptwinfo.html

Unit 5 - Research

Assignment_Educational Research    Assignment_Educational Research

Unit 5_Threaded Discussion    Unit 5_Threaded Discussion

Unit 6 - Criteria

Assignment_Article Evaluation Instrument_Red Group    Assignment_Article Evaluation Instrument_Red Group

Unit 7 - Literature

Assignment_Literature    Assignment_Literature

Unit 7_Threaded Discussion    Unit 7_Threaded Discussion

Unit 8 - Methodology

Assignment_Methodology    Assignment_Methodology

Unit 9 - Project

Assignment_Research Project Design    Assignment_Research Project Design

Unit 9_Threaded Discussion    Unit 9_Threaded Discussion

Resources

The Steps of The Action Research http://www.sitesupport.org/actionresearch/

Unit 10 - NBPTS

Assignment 1_NBPTS Reflections    Assignment 1_NBPTS Reflections

Assignment 2_Portfolio Outline    Assignment 2_Portfolio Outline

Unit 10_Threaded Discussion    Unit 10_Threaded Discussion

Resources

NBPTS http://www.nbpts.org/ New Beginnings in the Classroom http://www.wizzlewolf.com/nbc.html A Candidate’s Guide to National Board Certification 2002-03 http://www.nea.org/nationalboard/images/03NBCGuide.pdf A Nation At Risk http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html I Am a Better Teacher http://www.nbpts.org/pdf/better_teacher.pdf

Unit 11 - Portfolio

Unit 11_Threaded Discussion    Unit 11_Threaded Discussion

Resources

Albion College Digital Portfolio site http://www.albion.edu/digitalportfolio Alverno College Diagnostic Digital Portfolio http://www.alverno.edu/academics/ddp.html California State University http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/webfolio Valdosta State University e-portfolio page http://chiron.valdosta.edu/coeadvising/professional_portfolio.htm Ohio University e-portfolio site http://www.cob.ohiou.edu/~mgt300/esp/portfolio.htm University of Florida e-portfolio information http://www.coe.ufl.edu/school/portfolio Creating an Electronic Portfolio http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Spencer/webquest/lasindex.html

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