Harvey Mudd College
Integrative Experience 197
Seminar in Science/Math Education
Tentative Schedule and Reading Assignments, Spring 2003

Wk Monday Wednesday
Day Activity Homework Day Activity Homework
1 9/1No Class 9/3Intro Read:
1) Experiential Learning
2) ...Conceptual Change
3) Example PHS Lesson
4) Darwin

Observe two CC classes by 9/15

2 9/8What to teach?
The IE197 experience

Seminar Assignments
Read:
1) Meeting the class...
2) Facilitating Discussion
3) Peer Learning
4) Power Structure
9/10Engagement Techniques
Ideal PHS Interaction

Ice Breaker Brainstorm
Read UBD Chapters 1 - 3

Reverse Engineer UBD Templates

3 9/15Teaching Understanding
Lesson Planning

Discuss Observations

PHS Group Formation
Read:
1) Teaching Styles
2) Research Methods
3) Cooperative Learning
4) Generating Hypotheses
9/17Group PHS Topic Investigation.
Units to be taught at PHS:
1) Card Playing Strategies
2) Mechanics of Motion with Fruit!
Teams elaborate and plan their units.

4 9/22Discuss Team Unit Plans. 9/24Guest Lecture:
Natan Bershtel
Teams come up with several leading questions to assess student background regarding units.

5 9/29Initial Lesson Plan Brainstorm Write 1st draft of initial lesson plan. 10/1Over-arching Lesson Plan Brainstorm First draft of 7-week plan.

6 10/6PHS Ice Breaker Practice Initial Lesson Plans 10/8Initial Lecture Dry Runs Final draft of initial lesson plan.

7 10/131st PHS Lesson 10/15Debrief

8 10/20Fall Break Final draft of unit plans (7-day outline, overarching motivation, lesson plan for day 1) 10/22Practice Day #2 Lessons

9 10/27PHS Lesson
w/Video Recorder
10/29Video Tape Evaluation Journal Scan

10 11/3PHS Lesson Alternative Education Readings 11/5Alternative Education Seminar:
Aja Hammerly

11 11/10PHS Lesson Single-Sex Education Readings 11/12Single-Sex Education Seminar:
Diana Werden and Robby Bailey
Observe PHS
and Diamond Bar
classes by 11/19

12 11/17PHS Lesson 11/19PHS Observation Discussion

13 11/24PHS Lesson Standardized Testing Readings 11/26Standardized Testing Seminar:
Daniel Woo and Joey Kim

14 12/1Last PHS Lesson Seminar ??? Readings 12/3Seminar ???:
Rob Law and Jonathan Lee
Final readings:
1) Success for Some
2) Romancing the Child
3) Schools ... deserve
4) Does it work?

15 12/10School Reform
12/8Guest Lecture
Cynthia Hinton
Teaching at PHS
IE Evaluation

16 12/15Journals Due 12/17Papers Due