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Apr 30, 2024
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EDCR 1010 - Democracy and Education
Orientation to the C.A.R.E. program and to our partner, Federal Hocking Local School District. Explores the many ways in which democracy influences our society and the public lives of our citizens and also explores the theory and practice surrounding democratic teaching practices in public school classrooms. After learning about service learning and how it can incorporate democratic ideals, students will design and implement a service learning project in one of the Federal Hocking elementary schools.
Requisites: Admission to CARE Professional Development School Partnership program
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Drawing from readings, discussion and observation, students will to articulate what democracy is and how it shapes our national/ public lives.
- Students will describe the philosophies of Federal Hocking Local Schools and be able to tell what is being done, at the building level, to implement those philosophies.
- Students will articulate examples of democratic practice drawn from reading, discussion and observation.
- Students will articulate how democratic ideals can be incorporated into educational structures and why this is essential to the maintenance of a democracy.
- Students will articulate how the concepts of democracy and democratic education impact their own teaching philosophy.
- Students will describe the C.A.R.E. program and its philosophy and indicate how it integrates with their personal philosophy (original or updated) as it appears in their LiveText portfolio.
- Students will develop a tentative schedule which incorporates all classes necessary for graduation in the C.A.R.E. program and in their major and areas of concentration.
- Working with their instructor and staff members, students will develop and implement a service learning project involving elementary grade students at one or more grade levels and will implement and evaluate the project.
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