D. DESCRIPTION OF FRAMEWORK COMPONENTS
6. Scaffolding a First "Experience as Teacher" of an inquiry unit
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D6.1. Clarifying expectations for field experiences
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D6.2. Acquainting teachers with the supportive materials for the illustrative
units
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list of materials |
D6.3. Providing teacher testimonials
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list of materials |
D6.4. Supporting the planning of the first illustrative unit
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list of materials |
D6.5. Providing classroom support during the implementation of an illustrative
unit
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list of materials |
D6.6. Reflecting and sharing on the on-going field experiences
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list of materials |
D6.7. Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of an illustrative
unit
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list of materials |
D6.1. Clarifying expectations for field experiences
List of materials available about "Clarifying expectations
for field experiences":
- Logistics and scheduling information:
- articulation of field experiences requirements in
different in-service programs, and their rationale
(In-service program)
- articulation of student teaching requirements in a
pre-service program (Methods course)
- Facilitator's plans: N/A
- Instructional materials:
- information about field experience requirements provided
in the program announcement for different in-service programs (In-service program)
- Participants' work: N/A
- Participants' feedback: not
available
D6.2. Acquainting teachers with the supportive materials
for the illustrative units
List of materials available about "Acquainting
teachers with the supporting materials for the illustrative units":
- Logistics and scheduling information. (In-service program / Methods
course)
- Facilitator's plans:
- information about the contents, organization and intended
use of the participants' materials (see Section
E1 )
- plan for the "Introduction to the supporting
materials" session (In-service
program);
- plan for follow-up discussion/Tessellation materials (In-service program);
- plan for follow-up discussion/Area materials (In-service program);
- Instructional materials:
- prompt for creating an individual "wish list"
(In-service
program)
- reading assignments selection & text of assignment
(In-service
program)
- "Investigating tessellations to learn geometry:
Supporting materials for teachers" (see booklet -- hard copy only)
- "Understanding area through investigations: Supporting
materials for teachers" (see booklet --hard copy only)
- Participants' work:
- Participants' feedback: (In-service program)
D6.3. Providing teacher testimonials
List of materials available about "Providing teacher
testimonials":
D6.4. Supporting the planning of the first illustrative
unit
List of materials available about "Supporting the
planning of the first illustrative unit":
D6.5. Providing classroom support during the implementation
of an illustrative unit
List of materials available about "Classroom support":
- Logistics and scheduling information. (In-service program/
Methods course)
- Facilitator's plans: N/A
- Instructional materials:
N/A
- Participants' work:
- Excerpts from facilitators' personal logs/journals
during the field experiences -- to document what
in-class support may involve and its potential effects (In-service program)
- Excerpts from participants' journals commenting on
class support (In-service
program)
- Participants' feedback: not
available..
D6.6. Reflecting and sharing on the on-going field experiences
List of materials available about "Reflecting and
sharing on the on-going field experiences":
- Logistics and scheduling information. (In-service program / Methods
course)
- Facilitator's plans:
- Instructional materials:
- Participants' work:
- set of journals from weekly support team meetings
of one group during the implementation of the first illustrative unit (In-service program)
- notes from the "round-robin" sharing that
occurred after the implementation of the first illustrative unit (In-service program)
- list of concerns recorded in a sharing session
(In-service
program)
- reports of small group discussions on selected issues
from the previous list (In-service program)
- Participants' feedback: not
available
D6.7. Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of
an illustrative unit
List of materials available about "Monitoring and
evaluating the implementation of an illustrative unit":
- Logistics and scheduling information (In-service program / Methods
course)
- Facilitator's plans: not
available
- Instructional materials:
- Participants' work:
- examples of reports on the implementation of one of
our illustrative units (?In-service program)
- examples of reports on the implementation of other
innovative units (Methods course:
see Participants' work for Section D7.5)
- examples of written reflections on the implementation
of one of our illustrative units (In-service program)
- Participants' feedback: not
available