Welcome to the Course

In this course, we will focus on how you can bring inquiry, making, and constructivist learning into every subject matter that you teach. We will cover the pedagogical imperative to shifting into this approach, specific activities you can do, ways to assess student learning, and ways to keep your excitement about this work alive well after the course is over.

ESTIMATED TIME COMMITMENT:

3 hours

LEARNING OUTCOMES :

• Understand the importance of constructivist learning in the classroom.

• Apply your learning to the redesign of a unit or lesson plan.

• Analyze ways to increase cooperation in your classroom, school, and community.

• Evaluate the role of making in your own curriculum.

• Engage in collaborative work to encourage cross-curricular implementation

• Reflect on ways to implement a mindset shift in your teaching.

COURSE STRUCTURE

We’ll start by getting to know each other, sharing examples of when we know that our teaching is impactful, and how we can create more of those moments. Then we’ll talk about the importance of incorporating engaging, authentic, hands-on learning based on inquiry, and then we’ll head into specific ways to incorporate and assess this learning in every subject. We will also work to help you create a community of like-minded educators who are also fighting the good fight. We believe that our PD is a starting point, and we want to help guide you even after you’ve completed the coursework.