Education - Public Work in Urban Schools and Community Sites

Public Work in Urban Schools and Community Sites (EDUC 1900)

Total Credits: 3
Lecture Credits: 2.00
Lab Credits: 1.00

Description: Using Public Achievement as a teacher-development initiative, you will act on your self-interests and participate on teams to create public work that is nonviolent and contributes to the common good. Working with faculty coaches, you learn the 12 core concepts of Public Achievement and apply them to urban education settings. You will develop collaborative and democratic working skills (Teacher-as-Citizen and Teacher-as-Leader models), both in academic and small-group settings. You will read about democratic pedagogical and community-organizing theories and practices.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Demonstrate the necessary political skills to succeed as an urban educator and a teacher-as-citizen activist
2. 2. Examine the discourse of critical pedagogy theory and explore how that theoretical discourse will influence their classroom
3. 3. Analyze how people work productively and cooperatively with each other in complex social settings and how to plan for effective teaming in their classroom
4. 4. Demonstrate best practices in developing effective public relationships with school community partners
5. 5. Use qualitative, ethnographic, and community-oriented research skills to better understand a school's community
6. 6. Critically reflect on the role of an urban educator

Prerequisites: 

EDUC 1500 or coordinator's approval.