The facts and nothing but the facts...

From class today, just in case you forgot:

Welcome, welcome! This is what I call a skeleton syllabus, because the real one will be posted online for you to print and read tomorrow. Here are the highlights:

1. Our guiding framework:

a. What are the myths, realities, and possibilities of urban schools and communities?
b. What makes some thing urban?
c. What are the characteristics of a successful urban teacher?

2. Our goals:

a. To explore the myths, realities, and possibilities of urban schools and communities through reading, considering media sources, and conducting field visits to different urban schools
b. To explore our assumptions about what makes something urban and to consider the lens through which we understand ourselves and the communities around us
c. To identify the characteristics of a successful urban teacher and reflect upon our own growth and potential towards that goal

3. Our evidence:

a. Attedance: One freebie absence and late, then grade penalty. More than three absences=F
b. Blogging (15%)
c. Assumptions Paper (25%)
d. My Culture/my Community Project (25%)
e. Inquiry Project/Website (25%)
f. Self Evaluation (10%)

4. How will we learn it?

a. That’s where you come in. Let’s figure it out!