Curriculum and
Policy Studies in Urban Education
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CORE 4: Pedagogy in the Urban Classroom
Proposed Course Outline
I. Language and Discourse of Teaching
1) Controlling Metaphors; The Image of the Teacher
2) History of Teaching; Professional Narrative
3) Teacher Discourse and Planning
4) Language of Limitations and Possibilities; Monologic and Dialogical Structures of Discourse
II. Situation of Teaching
1) The Urban Classroom and Urban Students
2) Social Functions of Teaching; Public Education and Political Expectations
3) Culture(s) and Institutions; Models of Schooling
4) Democracy and Education
III. Students
1) Teaching and Learning
2) Developmental Frames; Intelligence and Social Construction
3) Experience and Education
4) Class, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
IV. Content of Teaching
1 Disciplines and Interdisciplinary Teaching
2) Pedagogical Content Knowledge
3) Cultural Literacy and Monoculturalism; Multicultural Content
4) Content and Testing
V. Performance of Teaching
1) Teacher Behaviors and Roles
2) Planning and Curriculum
3) Texts and Contexts
4) Classroom Environments
5) Aesthetics and Ethics of Teaching
VI. Technology of Teaching
1) Cybernetics and Assistive Technology
2) Multimedia Learning
3) Transmission and Communication; Archiving
4) Efficiency and Economy
VII. Development of Teaching
1) Novices and Experts
2) Reflection and Analysis
3) Supervision and Collegiality
4) Teacher Research and Writing
5) Multiple Roles and Models
VIII. Evaluation of Teaching
1) Models and Expectations
2) Instruments and Assessments
3) Replication and Reconstruction
4) Research