EDUC 7770 The Foxfire Approach to Instruction

Enables P-12 instructors to implement the Foxfire approach to instruction in any subject, any grade level. The course combines practical applications with the theoretical conceptions of the Foxfire approach. Involvement in follow-up activities is expected. 

Credits

3

Typically Offered

summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Relevant INTASC standards:

1(b) The teacher creates developmentally appropriate instruction that takes into account individual learners’ strengths, interests, and needs and that enables each learner to advance and accelerate her/his learning.

2(j) The teacher understands that learners bring assets for learning based on their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, and peer and social group interactions, as well as language, culture, family, and community values.

3(b) The teacher develops learning experiences that engage learners in collaborative and self-directed learning and that extend learner interaction with ideas and people locally and globally.

3(o) The teacher values the role of learners in promoting each other’s learning and recognizes the importance of peer relationships in establishing a climate of learning.

4(d) The teacher stimulates learner reflection on prior content knowledge, links new concepts to familiar concepts, and makes connections to learners’ experiences.

5(d) The teacher engages learners in questioning and challenging assumptions and approaches in order to foster innovation and problem solving in local and global contexts.

6(f) The teacher models and structures processes that guide learners in examining their own thinking and learning as well as the performance of others.

7(o) The teacher values planning as a collegial activity that takes into consideration the input of learners, colleagues, families, and the larger community.

8(r) The teacher is committed to exploring how the use of new and emerging technologies can support and promote student learning.

9(i) The teacher understands how personal identity, worldview, and prior experience affect perceptions and expectations and recognizes how they may bias behaviors and interactions with others.