End of Semester NotesPlease Review

Due Dates

▪ Final Post Check In Due Saturday, November 28th at 10:00am▪ Paper Revision Thursday, December 3rd by Noon (Final Draft

Due)▪ Project Write Up Draft Due Saturday December 5th by 8pm▪ Group Meetings next Wednesday, December 2nd

▪ Presentations and last class due Wednesday, December 9th

▪ Project Due Wednesday December 16th at 10pm▪ Project (Group & Self Evaluations) Due December 19th by 8pm

Project

One of the main aims of this course is to think about both how traditional modes of western education that center on  school and the classroom and about alternatives–learning that happens elsewhere, theories of education that challenge western hierarchies.  To that end this class has two main assignments:  a traditional single authored paper and a more experimental out-side the class group project.  In this latter project, students will craft their own theory of education and then put that theory into practice by designing and implementing alternative school or learning experiences outside the classroom and the traditional setting of school (meaning off-campus).  Like the paper assignment, this project involves several scaffolding exercises throughout the semester as a way to help your group think and plan this project thoroughly.Group Sizes:  4-5 people.  ▪ Each Final Project Must Have:

*Timely completion of all pre-project assignments*A 3-5 page write up [that discusses the group’s theory, objectives, methodology +rationale, description  of the actual schooling moment, results, and reflection of the results.]*Group meeting with professor*Presentation to the class*Visual and/or audio documentation of the alternative school taking place

Group Meeting with Professor 12/2

▪ Part of your project grade comes from your group meeting with the professor.

▪ The table to the right contains the time slot each group should plan to meet with the professor next Wednesday (in the normal class room)

▪ PLEASE plan to arrive five minutes early and be able to stay five minutes later so that transition between groups can go smoothly.

▪ In this meeting you should be able to walk me through all the parts of your project. You should also identify your group’s biggest questions/concerns. Please bring any relevant materials.

Start Time End Time

Belissa 12:25 12:45

MD 12:45 1:05

Ronghui 1:o5 1:25

Robert 1:25 1:45

Farzana 1:45 2:o5

Your Project Write Up

Philosophy• Theory Statement• Big Picture wants and valuesObjective• a desired result that a person or

a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve: a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development.Points of Action (Method)

• Your methodology

▪ Your philosophy must include references to the course material, but it may also reference other cultural texts.

▪ You should have 2-3 objectives for your ASM (these are the actions and results you ultimately want to see your ASM produce. You should explain how your objectives reflects your theory.

▪ You methods must include an explanation of how the method helps achieve one of your objectives.

Project Write UpYou should make this draft as complete and as clean as possible.However you may still be working on the actual implementation of the alternative school, so you might not have much to say in the description of the moment and the results and reflection part.You should be able to at least have a draft of1) your group’s guiding theory2) your group’s three primary objectives3) your methods and a rationale for how the methods reflect your objectives4) and some discussion about how you think  you might be able to assess whether or not your objectives are met and your audience participates and/or receives as you were hoping they would. Assignment GradeYou will receive a provisional grade based on:1) Timely completion2) you address each of the four must include sections3) how well you articulate your theory and reference any relevant thinkers4) how well you connect your objectives to your theory.5) how well you explain your methods in relationship to your objectives.[I will give you a grade for each of these five areas and average the grade.  Note timely completion is a matter of an A or an F, so it either helps or hurts.]