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Building an Engaging Collaborative Classroom

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Graduate-Level Credit / Non-Credit Hours
3 Semester Credits or 45 Clock Hours

Course Description

Participants in this course will examine collaborative, engaged, cooperative learning—a significant shift away from the typical teacher-centered classroom.  Participants will learn how developing a classroom culture of trust, safety, challenge, and joy can foster engaged and effective learning.  Research suggests that effective communication and collaboration are essential to becoming a successful learner.  Participants will learn how to develop classroom learning experiences around students’ constructing knowledge and engaging in action together.  Techniques to develop intrinsic motivation that leads to student engagement and achievement will be researched.  Foundational work in this course will include the research and use of collaborative learning, engaged learning, and cooperative learning models.  Participants will synthesize these paradigms and create applications for implementation into their own classrooms.  

Global Goals of the Course

  1. To examine seminal and current research in the area of best practice instruction (NBPTS 3,4)
  2. To develop an understanding of the need for collaborative and engaged learning in today’s classroom (NBPTS 1,3,4)
  3. To analyze current instructional practices in order to infuse more collaborative and engaged practices to better support student learning (NBPTS 1,3,4)
  4. To explore possible applications for student-centered instruction in the classroom (NBPTS 1,2,3,4)
  5. To synthesize best practice research and classroom applications (NBPTS 2,3,4)


Reviews


By Suejin Moon
Reviewed 11 months ago
Whenever I needed help, Professor Wright communicated quickly and was always willing to give constructive feedback.


By Kevin Collins
Reviewed 2 years ago
This was the prefect summertime course. The instructions were clear and easy to follow, and what I took from the class will easily be put to use in my classroom next week.


By Kristine Ramirez
Reviewed 9 months ago
I really appreciated Paul's timely responses to my questions. He went above and beyond to find additional websites and materials for my grade level.


By Monica Peterson
Reviewed 5 months ago
Instructor is very insightful and provides great feedback and great ideas.


By Jay Renaud
Reviewed 1 month ago
Paul was fantastic, and I look forward to taking another one of his classes!


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