Research Project (Powerpoint)

Project Requirements (in PowerPoint or Google slides)

· Title page slide Article slide pages: APA citation of each article, bulleted points (slides- 1 for each article),

· Synthesis chart slide

· Works cited page

The synthesis chart will pull the ideas and information from your multiple sources into a coherent whole. Synthesizing requires the ability to digest information and present it in an organized fashion. A synthesis is NOT A REGURGITATION of your article summaries (presented on the poster) but a chart identifying the common themes that were prevalent in EACH article and supporting each theme with evidence from the articles.

Your signature assignment for this class has two parts:   1) a written research summary/synthesis and 2) a creative way to present that research.

The specific topic will be determined by you, but the overall topic must be related to something covered in the course content.

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is for you to research, summarize and synthesize knowledge on a self-chosen topic that has meaning and potential impact for you and your academic/career path, and that is aligned with content from this course. This self-directed project allows you to investigate an issue that is prevalent in the public school system and a cause you can work to help improve.

  Skills that will be monitored and assessed, as a result of this project, include written and oral communication and critical thinking. Written will be showcased through the research summaries/synthesis.  Critical thinking is required for the synthesis portion of this project.

Oral communication will be demonstrated in the final capstone.

  Below are topics that have been covered in the course.

· Schools defining and shaping American Life- the relationship between school organization and the Constitution

· The meaning and practice of democracy through the organization and mission of schools

· Control of schools (local community vs. state and federal government)

· Challenges of growing student enrollment

· Issues of nationhood and citizenship

· Public Schools as the battleground for issues related to racial, ethnic, religious, and gender differences

· Growth of immigrant populations-Americanization and assimilation

· Segregated vs. integrated education for African Americans, Native Americans,

· Latinos, and Asian Americans

· Student achievement

· Relationship between schools and organized religion- religious issues

· Forming the core of the American fabric the separation of religion and state

· Role of women in the development of teaching as a profession (pay, moral

· Example, the development of the system hierarchies)

· Teacher salaries

· School costs and expenditures

· School reform efforts and conflict surrounding innovation and experimentation

· Standardization of school structure (length of school year), pedagogy, curriculum, and materials.

· Charter School movement

Big Ideas

Part I: The Common School

The Colonial Period and American Revolution

Jefferson’s Vision

Horace Mann

Protestantism vs. Catholicism

The Sarah Roberts Case

Catherine Beecher

  Part II: As American as Public School

Child labor and Immigration

John Dewy and Progressive Education

The Gary Plan- Industrial Education

English-Only Curriculum

The Stanford-Binet Test

The Great Depression and World War II

Life Adjustment Education

The Cold War

Part III: Separate and Unequal

Brown vs. Board of Education

The Little Rock Nine

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Elementary and Secondary School Act

Mexican Americans- Crystal City, Texas

Bilingual Education

Women’s Civil Rights and Title IX

Students with Disabilities

Busing and White Flight

  Part IV The Bottom Line

A Nation at Risk

Standards and High Stakes Testing

Alternative Schools

Home Schooling

The Education Industry

Charter Schools

  *If you have another interest for a topic other than the ones above, contact me to discuss.

*Requirements for written research project:

Uploaded to Blackboard in the Research Project Tab

  You will be required to use four (4) research articles focused on your topic. You may use more but no less. Articles must be retrieved from the NJCU library databases (webinar to show you how to do that will be posted). They MUST be peer reviewed and published in the last 20 years.

  The project has two parts: 1) article summaries and 2) a synthesis chart. Both will be completed in a power point presentation. Appropriate visuals matching the topic must be incorporated with a cover page with research topic title and your name (should look professional).

  APA citation of each article, summary (4-5 paragraphs for each article), a title, and synthesis chart. A sample photo is below. APA resources are in the research project tab on blackboard.

The synthesis chart will pull the ideas and information from your multiple sources into a coherent whole. Synthesizing requires the ability to digest information and present it in an organized fashion. A synthesis is NOT A REGURGITATION of your article summaries but a chart identifying the common themes that were prevalent in EACH article and supporting each theme with evidence from the articles.