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Required Resources
Text
Burnaford, G., & Brown, T. (2014). Teaching and learning in 21st century learning environments: A reader . Bridgepoint Education.
· Chapter 2: Meeting the Instructional Needs of Diverse Learners
Web Page
Framework for 21st century learning. (Links to an external site.) (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework
· This web page provides a comprehensive review of 21st-century teaching and learning and combines a focus on student outcomes with support systems that help students’ master skills they will need in the 21st century. This resource will support student completion of the discussion and assignment for this week. Accessibility Statement does not exist. Privacy Policy does not exist.
Website
Folio . (https://portfolium.com/welcome)
· This website provides a Folio resource. This resource will support student completion of the final project, as well as discussions and assignments throughout the course. Learn more about Folio, University of Arizona Global Campus' ePortfolio tool, by viewing the Folio Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.) . Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.) Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)
Recommended Resources
Articles
Jackson, N., Bolden, W. S., Fenwick, L. T., & Southern Education Foundation, A. A. (2001). Patterns of excellence: Promoting quality in teaching through diversity (Links to an external site.) . Policy Perspectives on Diversity Training and School Leadership.
· This collection of papers includes descriptions of university programs that are representations of minority teacher recruitment and preparation. This resource will support student completion of the discussion and assignment for this week.
Kwok, J. (2009). Boys and reading: An action research project report. Library Media Connection, (4). 20. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
· A personal narrative is presented in this resource, which explores the author’s experience of conducting an action research project on boys and literacy in a third-grade classroom in a New York public school. This resource will support student completion of the discussion and assignment for this week. The full-text version of this article is available through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
Waters, F. H., Smeaton, P. S., & Burns, T. G. (2004). Action research in the secondary science classroom: Student response to differentiated, alternative assessment. American Secondary Education, 32(3), 89-104. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
· In this article, Waters, Smeaton, and Burns discuss how an interdisciplinary team of 16 faculty designed a research-based, comprehensive classroom assessment model that provided professors with a framework for making informed choices about assessing student learning. This resource will support student completion of the discussion and assignment for this week. The full-text version of this article is available through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.