MSP News: School-Based Inquiry Teams
October 22, 2009
HIGHLIGHTS AT A GLANCE
1. NEW IN LIBRARY
A. "Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-Based Inquiry Teams," Ronald Gallimore, Bradley A. Ermeling, William M. Saunders, Claude Goldenberg, The Elementary School Journal, May 2009.
B. "Personalized Learning: The Nexus of 21st Century Learning and Educational Technologies," Pearson Education Issue Paper, July 2009.
C. "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2009.
D. "The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs," Alison Rebeck Black, et al., National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, September 2009.
2. NEW IN RESOURCES
A. Plant Talking Points
The Botanical Society of America designed this classroom tool for sharing ideas and concepts highlighting the role plants play in our lives and in the world around us. Teachers can use it to get students thinking about and exploring plant-related topics.
B. Pulse of the Planet's Educator Resources
K-12 lesson plans use Pulse of the Planet radio programs and sounds as a focus for learning activities on a range of subjects. The lesson plans are aligned to national education standards and accompanied by downloadable audio files. (Free registration is required.)
DETAILS BELOW
1. NEW IN LIBRARY
A. "Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-Based Inquiry Teams," Ronald Gallimore, Bradley A. Ermeling, William M. Saunders, Claude Goldenberg, The Elementary School Journal, May 2009.
"A 5-year prospective, quasi-experimental investigation demonstrated that grade-level teams in 9 Title 1 schools using an inquiry-focused protocol to solve instructional problems significantly increased achievement. Teachers applying the inquiry protocol shifted attribution of improved student performance to their teaching rather than external causes. This shift was achieved by focusing on an academic problem long enough to develop an instructional solution. Seeing causal connections fosters acquisition of key teaching skills and knowledge, such as identifying student needs, formulating instructional plans, and using evidence to refine instruction. These outcomes are more likely when teams are teaching similar content, led by a trained peer-facilitator, using an inquiry-focused protocol, and have stable settings in which to engage in continuous improvement."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19629
B. "Personalized Learning: The Nexus of 21st Century Learning and Educational Technologies," Pearson Education Issue Paper, July 2009.
The third in series of four issue papers from Pearson highlights the importance of personalized learning as powerful force in future of education. This paper "takes stock of developments and challenges in this new century and makes a case for personalized learning as a powerful driver in 21st century teaching and life-long learning. In this view, educational technologies including formative assessments linked to instruction, learning management systems, longitudinal data systems, flexible and adaptive content delivery, interoperability standards, teachers, professional development, and institutions themselves must essentially serve the learner in a more personalized way if we are to realize our greatest aspirations."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Ed Change & Policy
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19625
C. "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2009.
"This report points to only some of our conclusions about and principles for the future of learning institutions in a digital age. The full-length book goes much further. It offers pedagogical comparisons for teaching in new environments, detailing both the supports and inherent obstacles in collaborative teaching in virtual environments at this transitional moment. It theorizes what institutions are and how virtuality changes some institutional arrangements while requiring even stronger foundational support from traditional institutions in other ways. It re-theorizes the nature of learning and reconceives the concept of the institution as a mobilizing network resulting from the age of virtuality."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19631
D. "The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs," Alison Rebeck Black, et al., National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, September 2009.
"The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether providing structured academic instruction in reading or math to students in grades two to five during their after-school hours -- instead of the less formal academic supports offered in regular after-school programs improves their academic performance in the subject. This is the second and final report from the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs -- a two-year demonstration and random assignment evaluation of structured approaches to teaching math and
reading in after-school settings."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19626
2. NEW IN RESOURCES
A. Plant Talking Points
The Botanical Society of America designed this classroom tool for sharing ideas and concepts highlighting the role plants play in our lives and in the world around us. Teachers can use it to get students thinking about and exploring plant-related topics.
MSPnet Location: RESOURCES>>Useful Websites
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19627
B. Pulse of the Planet's Educator Resources
K-12 lesson plans use Pulse of the Planet radio programs and sounds as a focus for learning activities on a range of subjects. The lesson plans are aligned to national education standards and accompanied by downloadable audio files. (Free registration is required.)
MSPnet Location: RESOURCES>>Useful Websites
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19628
1. NEW IN LIBRARY
A. "Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-Based Inquiry Teams," Ronald Gallimore, Bradley A. Ermeling, William M. Saunders, Claude Goldenberg, The Elementary School Journal, May 2009.
B. "Personalized Learning: The Nexus of 21st Century Learning and Educational Technologies," Pearson Education Issue Paper, July 2009.
C. "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2009.
D. "The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs," Alison Rebeck Black, et al., National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, September 2009.
2. NEW IN RESOURCES
A. Plant Talking Points
The Botanical Society of America designed this classroom tool for sharing ideas and concepts highlighting the role plants play in our lives and in the world around us. Teachers can use it to get students thinking about and exploring plant-related topics.
B. Pulse of the Planet's Educator Resources
K-12 lesson plans use Pulse of the Planet radio programs and sounds as a focus for learning activities on a range of subjects. The lesson plans are aligned to national education standards and accompanied by downloadable audio files. (Free registration is required.)
DETAILS BELOW
1. NEW IN LIBRARY
A. "Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-Based Inquiry Teams," Ronald Gallimore, Bradley A. Ermeling, William M. Saunders, Claude Goldenberg, The Elementary School Journal, May 2009.
"A 5-year prospective, quasi-experimental investigation demonstrated that grade-level teams in 9 Title 1 schools using an inquiry-focused protocol to solve instructional problems significantly increased achievement. Teachers applying the inquiry protocol shifted attribution of improved student performance to their teaching rather than external causes. This shift was achieved by focusing on an academic problem long enough to develop an instructional solution. Seeing causal connections fosters acquisition of key teaching skills and knowledge, such as identifying student needs, formulating instructional plans, and using evidence to refine instruction. These outcomes are more likely when teams are teaching similar content, led by a trained peer-facilitator, using an inquiry-focused protocol, and have stable settings in which to engage in continuous improvement."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19629
B. "Personalized Learning: The Nexus of 21st Century Learning and Educational Technologies," Pearson Education Issue Paper, July 2009.
The third in series of four issue papers from Pearson highlights the importance of personalized learning as powerful force in future of education. This paper "takes stock of developments and challenges in this new century and makes a case for personalized learning as a powerful driver in 21st century teaching and life-long learning. In this view, educational technologies including formative assessments linked to instruction, learning management systems, longitudinal data systems, flexible and adaptive content delivery, interoperability standards, teachers, professional development, and institutions themselves must essentially serve the learner in a more personalized way if we are to realize our greatest aspirations."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Ed Change & Policy
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19625
C. "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2009.
"This report points to only some of our conclusions about and principles for the future of learning institutions in a digital age. The full-length book goes much further. It offers pedagogical comparisons for teaching in new environments, detailing both the supports and inherent obstacles in collaborative teaching in virtual environments at this transitional moment. It theorizes what institutions are and how virtuality changes some institutional arrangements while requiring even stronger foundational support from traditional institutions in other ways. It re-theorizes the nature of learning and reconceives the concept of the institution as a mobilizing network resulting from the age of virtuality."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19631
D. "The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs," Alison Rebeck Black, et al., National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, September 2009.
"The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether providing structured academic instruction in reading or math to students in grades two to five during their after-school hours -- instead of the less formal academic supports offered in regular after-school programs improves their academic performance in the subject. This is the second and final report from the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs -- a two-year demonstration and random assignment evaluation of structured approaches to teaching math and
reading in after-school settings."
MSPnet Location: LIBRARY>>Teaching & Learning
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19626
2. NEW IN RESOURCES
A. Plant Talking Points
The Botanical Society of America designed this classroom tool for sharing ideas and concepts highlighting the role plants play in our lives and in the world around us. Teachers can use it to get students thinking about and exploring plant-related topics.
MSPnet Location: RESOURCES>>Useful Websites
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19627
B. Pulse of the Planet's Educator Resources
K-12 lesson plans use Pulse of the Planet radio programs and sounds as a focus for learning activities on a range of subjects. The lesson plans are aligned to national education standards and accompanied by downloadable audio files. (Free registration is required.)
MSPnet Location: RESOURCES>>Useful Websites
http://hub.mspnet.org/entry.cfm/19628