Talk:Tracey Catalfamo Portfolio Page
Instructor comments on your analysis and objectives -- Jz833665 (talk) 22:20, 21 October 2013 (EDT)
Tracey, your mini-course addresses an important need of educators. Your analysis of the need and the learner is clearly presented. A few suggestions:
- You may further analyze the participants' possible prior knowledge/experience. For example, most teachers would have some experience with organizing discussions of some sort. This mini-course will connect with this prior knowledge while making clear how Socratic discussion will be unique/different and powerful.
- You Objectives:
1. Users of this course will be able to create a lesson that utilizes a Socratic Discussion in an ELA (or other content area) classroom. 2. Users of this course will understand the principles of facilitating a Socratic Discussion after seeing examples of this tool in use and participating in one. 3. Users of this course will evaluate the effectiveness of a Socratic Discussion and be able to demonstrate its use to impact reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Is #1 about actually facilitating Socratic Discussion, not only designing the lesson?
"understand the principles of facilitating a Socratic Discussion" You may change it to "principles of Socratic Discussions"
Your #3: I think the most direct thing to assess and evaluate is student engagement and interaction in a Socratic Discussion, even though it may have long term impact on eading, writing, and speaking skills.
As you work on your task analysis and sequencing you may be able to refine the order of these items.
- Please build a reference list to support your design.