Transcript EDP 389H: Educational Disabilities in the Schools

EDP 389H:
Educational Disabilities
in the Schools
January 22nd, 2009
Today’s Objectives
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Course Overview
Introductions
Scheduling Logistics
Class Structure
Presentations
Questions
Why this Course?
• Context of School Psychology
• Systems Approach: The Big Picture
• Fit with my Background
Goals for this Course
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Issues shaping policy
Policy implications
Academic Interventions
Developing tools for scholarship
Summarizing, Critiquing, Presenting
Methods of inquiry
Introductions
• Your name…
• Place you have felt most at home and
why…
• One thing that stands out about your
experience here in the Fall, 2008 term.
The Syllabus
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Key Components
Readings
Assignments
Scheduling
Scheduling
• Class Presentations
– Meet with me at least once before your
presentation date (required).
• Summaries
– Will be assigned.
• No Class during AERA (April 16th)
• Final Paper (research design)
– Due April 30th
Class Structure:
First Few Weeks
• I’ll give background on topic
• Will include a class activity
• In-depth discussion of readings,
including how to approach critical
analysis and consider their contribution
to the issues in the field.
Class Structure:
Remaining Weeks
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Administrative (10 min)
Student presentation (1 hr)
Break (20 min)
Discussion of Themes/Readings (1 hr)
Individual Questions (20 min)
• Food?
Approaching the Readings
• We have variety of readings
• Take note of tone, evidence, and
conclusions drawn
• Reading the Literature Handout
• Each week will include a set of specific
questions to help guide your reading
Presentation Schedules
• Walk through weeks’ content areas
• Rank your top three choices
• We will narrow down to a manageable
topic!
For Next Week!
• Readings
• I will email you your presentation topic
tomorrow (January 23rd)
• Bring two ideas to class about potential
presentation topics
Questions?