Spring 2020 MWF Schedule

Session	Class Focus	Assignment
January	Week 1
M/ 13	Introduction to course; assignments (http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2010/08/fall-2010-edu-111-assigments.html) Katherine Christie, Berea Middle School Apply for "Level 1" volunteering in order to tutor here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/MzE6ZW4tVVM=
W/ 15	"Theme for English B," Langston Hughes “Eleven,” Sandra Cisneros
F/ 17	Course Rationale: http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2008/02/welcome-to-occupation-teaching.html Foucault, “The Means of Correct Training” Poverty and Testing in Education: “The Present Scientifico-legal Complex”
January	Week 2
M/ 20	MLK Day (no class)
W/ 22	Groups formed, topics chosen “Banking concept”; Freire, Ch .2 Pedagogy of the Oppressed  Topic 1: The Teaching Profession http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-1-teaching-profession.html	Topic 1 reflection email DUE before class session
F/ 24	Topic 1, Freire continued Choice text 1 UPDATE 20 October 2019: Grit, Education Narratives Veneer for White, Wealth Privilege	Read, share choice text 1 in-class
January	Week 3
M/ 27	Topic 2: Educational Philosophies http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-2-educational-philosophies.html “A generalized crisis in relation to all the environments of enclosure”: Deleuze	Topic 2 reflection email DUE before class session
W/ 29	Topic 2 continued
F/ 31	Group assignment workshop in-class Out of town
February	Week 4
M/ 3	Poverty and the ideological imperative: a call to unhook from deficit and grit ideology and to strive for structural ideology in teacher education, Paul Gorski
W/ 5	Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-3-historical-foundations-of.html	Topic 3 reflection email DUE before class session
F/ 7	Thomas Jefferson on Education (http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/01/idealistic-and-elitist-roots-of-public.html) and “The American Scholar,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm) Choice text 1 Out of town	Read, share choice text 1 in-class
February	Week 5
M/ 10	Corridor of Shame (documentary) excerpt http://www.corridorofshame.com/
W/ 12	Topic 4: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Poverty/Privilege, Class, and Race http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-4-diversity-multiculturalism.html Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The danger of a single story	Topic 4 reflection email DUE before class session
F/ 14	James Baldwin on education (1974) A Talk to Teachers, James Baldwin James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil, Clint Smith Choice text 1	Read, share choice text 1 in-class
February	Week 6
M/ 17	Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later (documentary)
W/ 19	Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later (documentary) continued
F/ 21	LRC discussion Midterm assignment/explanation
February	Week 7
M/ 24	Choice text 1	Read, share choice text 1 in-class
W/ 26	Group Presentations Workshop
F/ 28	Midterm Class discussion: Read But That's Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Gloria Ladson-Billings and 74 Interview: Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers in Trump’s America & Lessons From Her Two Decades in Education Research Email to professor BEFORE class 5-10 key talking points from your first choice supplemental reading with evidence (quotes and/or page numbers). Connect as many aspects of the first half of the course as possible—topic readings, class discussions, documentaries, tutoring. Have key points in class to discuss in small groups before opening discussion to the whole class.	Email to professor BEFORE class 5-10 key points per midterm assignment Choice Text 1 Reflection DUE
March	Week 8
M/ 2	Group Presentations 1. 2. 3.
W/ 4	Group Presentations 4. 5. 6.
F/ 6	TBD
March 7-15	Spring Break
March	Week 9
M/ 16	Topic 5: Legal, Political, and Financial http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-5-legal-political-and-financial.html	Topic 5 reflection email DUE before class session
W/ 18	Topic 5 continued Cited essay, APA discussion
F/ 20	Choice text 2	Read, share choice text 2 in-class
March	Week 10
M/ 23	Black Folk Hate White Tears and Blatant Racism More Than Charter Schools, Andre Perry
W/ 25	Ruby Payne, deficit perspective http://rubypayneiswrong.blogspot.com/ Debunked! Return of the Deficit, Curt Dudley-Marling “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language
F/ 27	Deficit perspective continued
March/ April	Week 11
M/ 30	Choice text 2 The Truth about Effort/Education?	Read, share choice text 2 in-class
W/ 1	Topic 6: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-6-curriculum-instruction-and.html Seven ‘great’ teaching methods not backed up by evidence	Topic 6 reflection email DUE before class session
F/ 3	Topic 6 continued Evolution as Design
April	Week 12
M/ 6	Topic 7: Current Issues and the Future of Education http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-7-current-issues-and-future-of.html Choice text 2	Topic 7 reflection email DUE before class session Read, share choice text 2 in-class
W/ 8	Topic 7 continued Essay WORKSHOP Sample APA essay with notes
F/ 10	Good Friday (no class)
April	Week 13
M/ 13	Easter Break (no class)
W/ 15	Essay draft DUE In-class peer review	Essay draft DUE
F/ 17	Virtual Schools Report DUE/ share in class	Virtual Schools Report DUE
April	Week 14
M/ 20	Choice text 2 Hard Times at Douglass High (documentary)	Read, share choice text 2 in-class
W/ 22	Hard Times at Douglass High (documentary) continued Current Education Reform Perpetuating, Not Curbing, Inequity
F/ 24	Hard Times at Douglass High (documentary) continued/ discussion
April/May	Week 15
M/ 27	Tutoring share Choice text 2 (last MWF class session)	Read, share choice text 2 in-class Choice Text 2 Reflection DUE
W/ 29
F/ 1
May	EXAMS
Tu/ 5	8:30-11:00 AM	Final Portfolio (see below) submitted with all assignments included