MU Needs Analysis Notes

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• Summarize your instructional problem
  • Confirm instructional problem: Teachers do not have accurate perception of PBL.

• • Describe major issues that characterize the problem: Inaccurate perception of PBL. Resistance to change.
  • Cite the sources of information: Online survey and anecdotal information.

• Describe your instructional solution: brief, online course
  • List features addressing learning task or content
  • Include a learner profile: classroom teachers
  • Include a context analysis

• Identify major goals that address the problem.
  • Identify and prioritize goals.

• Discover
  • I will be asking participants to learn new knowledge and a new way of thinking about teaching and learning. Project based learning is a real paradigm shift and the course needs to clarify the cognitive and educational theories that underly it.
• Learn
  • The initial survey confirmed the need. An additional survey at the beginning of the course could help clarify what prior knowledge the participants bring to the course.
• Understand
  • To my mind the instructional context of this is online, at the participants speed. The course itself will be VERY BRIEF as I want it to be a very positive experience. There is no pressure because the outcomes are not a product as much as a change in attitude.
• Explore
  • Has this issue been addressed before via professional development? No. Some teachers in my district were thrown into developing projects on their own but had no formal training.
• Generate