LEARNING TASKS
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Recall, that a significant goal of our class is to engage in collaborative learning and hence, to socially construct meaning. A primary way by which we can accomplish this is by engaging in active online discussion with each other!
- By Saturday, within your eBase group post a “Golden Lines and Furrowed Brows” (we’ll be doing this throughout the course!) for two of the four chapters of the assigned reading. Identify and then post the sentence or excerpt from your selected chapters (identify the chapter and page you are citing from) that resonates with you, that yells, “YES!” (“Golden Line”) as well as the sentence or excerpt that caused you to wonder or take issue, “WHAT?!” (“Furrowed Brow”). Provide a brief explanation for each of your selections. Now, through Tuesday read and respond to the postings from your other eBase group members. While you're at it, sneak a peek at what other eBase groups are saying!
- Theory Into Practice: Continue your “Reflections on Supervisory Experiences” paper by writing a 2 page (no more!) narrative of a memorable supervisory experience or moment that you participated in (either as a supervisor or supervisee). This time, choose whatever memory (positive or negative encounter) you did not write about last week. Provide as much vivid detail as you can, while maintaining confidentiality of the participants. The goal is to learn from the experience, not to critique specific individuals. Engage in personal reflection for this installment - you won’t be submitting this for now - but be sure to add this to your original narrative (this means you now have 4 pages, total), We will build upon this descriptive recollection in subsequent units, by interpreting and analyzing it from various lenses. The final installment to this assignment will be a collective ‘look back' over your writings. The complete assignment will be due at the end of Unit #5.
Reminders
and Upcoming Assignments
- Look ahead to Unit #2 in order to prepare yourself to conduct 2 brief interviews and to select 2 colleagues who will participate in these.
Preview
of Next Week's Topic and Focus Question
- Schooling and Functions of Leadership
- "In what ways do school structure/practices and supervisory leadership intersect?"