Pedagogy

There are three approaches to learning: Transmit. . . Transact. . . Transform. . . Here's a chart with a brief explanation of each: **Instructional-based < > Learner-Centered (Active Learning)** (Based on the work of Miller & Seller, 1990) * Latest research suggests that adults learn best when placed in conditions that engage them in "disorienting dilemmas" which lead them to critically question their beliefs (Mezirow, cited Strauch, Dec. 29, 2009,//NY Times//).
 * < ** Type of Learning> ** ||< ** Transmission ** ||< ** Transactional ** ||< ** Transformative ** ||
 * Definition of Learning || Learning is content || Learning is constructed || Learning is experience plus reflection ||
 * Role of the Learner || To receive, process, and integrate || To experience, explore, collaborate, problem-solve, create || To engage and reflect critically on previously-held assumptions and biases ||
 * Role of the Teacher || To demonstrate, tell, model || To facilitate learning by designing experiential activities || * To build in opportunities to reflect critically on previously-held assumptions and biases ||

The most successful learning and teaching experiences provide the proper balance of all three. This course strives for balance by providing a diversity of learning opportunities with a great degree of personal choice. The outcomes are the same but students create their own paths to achievement. The course outcomes are standards-based, created from a synthesis of the College of Education’s LEAD and SERVE goals, NC Department of Public Instruction’s Professional Teaching Standards (2008-09), National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS 2009), National Board Certification Standards, and National Standards for the Teaching of English Language Arts. These standards have been restated in the three Course Outcomes previously introduced and exemplars are provided for each assignment. Here is the alignment of standards and outcomes. And this matrix provides additional supporting outcomes and the assignments and sessions that provide opportunities for working towards these outcomes.

**Standards-Based Outcomes** An educator will demonstrate successful completion of this course by __ Professional Self __ Integrating learning, literacy, and literary theories to create learning experiences that engage young adults in learning about curriculum, social justice, critical literacy, and creativity through literature __ Literate Self __ modeling a fully and actively literate individual through transactions with literature for young adults and responses (both personal and critical) in multiple forms and media __ Virtual Self __ developing an effective online and inworld identity by learning to integrate new literacies and technologies into learning and teaching