Focus+on+the+Field

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As part of your participation grade, we will have a Focus on the Field each week instead of a discussion board or writing papers on the readings.

 * ===You have each signed up to lead it twice in the semester. You will start the class- bring everyone to focus at 9:10am. ===
 * ===This activity will be a chance for you to practice teaching. ===
 * ===For the next 15 mins you and your teammates who have also signed up for that day will have planned and will lead a discussion or activity which helps us to integrate our TE402 classroom learning and the elementary classroom you are spending time in each week- posing relevant questions that bridge the gap between the course and the field ===
 * ===Focus on the Field is designed to share experiences from the field and make connections. Though this is a structured activity, it will not be the only place you seek to make connections between the field and your course work. Ideally we will be threading this discussion throughout what we learn in class. ===

Example:
====Use your experiences from the field or questions you have that might be relevant to others - pose a questions to the class and moderate a discussion. Whenever possible tie it into the course readings- could be from any week. This week, for example, you could address the version of “mothering” like in Mitchi's Mamma Maltri. You could pose the questions- as a teacher, what are the boundaries and what is a good model for teaching- is mothering/parenting a good model? and then lead the discussion, etc... ====