Every Week: you will create 1-3 sections of your Critical Task Part 1.
Required Reading This Week: Schunk Chapters 11 and 12, Chapters 1 and 2 ( This week you need to dig in to the text. Every other week it is 1- 2 chapters.)
The 7 Week Overview Chart below provides helpful readings and resources needed to answer the questions and support your answers for your Critical Task Theoretical Analysis . The chart also lists several of the Learning Theories that support each question. The Textbook Readings are required. Everything else listed is optional. Read only what you need to answer the questions.
7 Week Theoretical Analysis Chart
READ: To Complete The first sections of Part 1 of your Critical Task, please read Schunk and any of the the resources mentioned in the chart.
WRITE: The section narratives. Focus on the section questions and the Learning Theories and Learning Principles mentioned as you read your chapters. Content must cover three area headings but these areas Do Not need the headings.
1. A Brief Explanation of Tenant of the Theory or Theories that Supports Teacher Practice
2. A Brief Description of the Teacher Practice
3. A Brief Explanation of How This Supports Student Learning
RESOURCES:
Two of the resources are free on line: National Academies: How People Learn Vol 1 and Vol 2. (You can paste these into your browser if they do not link.)
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The Schunk resource is your course textbook:
Schunk, D. (2020). Learning theories. An educational perspective. 8th edition. Pearson. ISBN -13: 978-0-13-489375-4
This book is available in the FGCU Library
Book
Learning theories : an educational perspectiveLinks to an external site.
Schunk, Dale H., author.2020Learning theories : an educational perspectiveAvailable at FGCU Library Reserve Course Reserves Textbook–Circulation Desk, Library East, 1st Floor (LB1060 .S37 2020) and other locations
WRITE and SUBMIT: Explain each question by describing the part of the learning theory or theories that are the research foundation that explains why teachers do this. (1/2 to 1 page max per question please.) (1/2 page of narrative is preferred)
Be sure to provide APA citations in text.
Note – when it says begin at a certain page – only read as much as you need related to the question.
If it says all – the entire chapter applies.
SUBMIT: Your narratives, one for each question below.
REMEMBER: to copy and paste your narratives into your Theoretical Analysis Template
Week 1 Introduction