MGED 3241 Course Outline
| Class Meeting | Topics |
Description |
| Week 1 | Introduction | Website features, syllabi, requirements |
| Week 2 | Integrative Curriculum | (1)~IDU Video/ Discuss role of NCSS
Standards as Themes/ read EE and GFL
(2)~Thematic PPT-Exemplary Unit Handouts/ Group Unit Choices/ Bulletin Board-IDU |
| Week 3 | Curriculum Mapping | (1)~Morris Museum of Art across Disciplines
(2)~Curriculum Map with QCCs/ Culture as Theme/ Essential Questions-Discussion Bulletin .Board-Standards |
| Week 4 | Interdisciplinary Unit Development | (1)~Continue IDU development-specific
content related to themes/ Surf for Lesson Plans
(2)~IDU Launch Activity/ Instructional Strategies/ Bulletin Board-Ask Experts I |
| Week 5 | Instructional Strategies | (1)~Prepare presentation of Martorella
Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8 (Living in the Chapters)
(2)~Class Workshop on Small groups, Role playing, and simulations |
| Week 6 | Reflective Inquiry, Nurturing Social Concern and Ethics | (1) Class Workshop on developing and applying
Concepts, Generalizations, and Hypotheses
(2) IDU development/ Internet links and lesson plans/ Bulletin Board- Ask the Experts II |
| Week 7 | Slide Show Development | (1) Work on slides for Thematic Presentations
(2) Field Trip to Curriculum Lab for Powerpoint Presentations/ Bulletin Board- Ask the Experts III |
| Week 8 | Midterms/ Lab Task Review | Powerpoint Presentations of Thematic IDU's
Discussion-Feedback-Peer Evaluations/ Lab Task Review (Investigation Task Card) |
| Week 9-13 | Lab Placements | Weekly Bulletin Boards/ Lab Tasks |
| Week 14 | Lab Reflections | Tuning up Lab Task Assignments/ Lessons Learned/ Overall Evaluation of Experience |
| Week 15 | Cultural Diversity Issues and Curriculum | |
| Finals Week | Portfolio Assessment | Journal Articles, Lab Tasks, Presentations |