EDCR 4010 - Exhibition in Democratic Education

• Candidates will design and implement alternate assessment strategies that evaluate the skills learned throughout the expedition.
• Candidates will develop and lead team building and leadership development activities that address identified school and community topics of interest and need.
• Candidates will develop lessons that indicate a commitment to progressive, democratic pedagogy.
• Candidates will evaluate the semester experience through use of a final reflection noting strengths, weaknesses and proposed changes for the exhibition.
• Candidates will submit daily reflective journals that document the experience, provide self-evaluation and list resources and materials used.
• Candidates will submit weekly lesson plans that accomplish the following: Support lesson goals; Demonstrate flexibility when appropriate; Demonstrate positive, proactive leadership; Address individual and group needs.
• Through the use of higher level questioning, project based learning and place based education, candidates will guide students as they prepare and present final reports to a selected audience.
• Working as a cohort-team, candidates will develop and implement a learning expedition for a group of 7th-10th graders developed around student and classroom identified topics.