Posted: June 27th, 2015

Whether you are a math teacher or a science teacher, instructional leaders will need to know "something" about each content area when evaluating effective instruction.

Whether you are a math teacher or a science teacher, instructional leaders will need to know “something” about each content area when evaluating effective instruction.
Read through Chapter 6-Redefining Inquiry in Science, and Chapter 7-Making Math Meaningful, and discuss your thoughts on Schmokers instructional approach on both disciplines.
The discussion can include the positives, the negatives, and/or both.
Part B:
The total words for all questions for that week should be no less than 350
Week 3 :Schooling from 1890 through 1980
Chapter 8 – The Progressive Era, 1890-1950
1.    Imagine a conversation between James Jackson Storrow, John Dewey, and Lewis M. Terman. On what major points would they agree and disagree?
2.    Imagine a conversation between Margaret Haley, Ella Flagg Young, Grace Strachan, and Cora Bigelow. On what major points would they agree and disagree?
Chapter 9 – Schools in the Cold War Era, 1950-1970
3.    Imagine a conversation between the authors of the National Defense Education Act and the editors of the Scott-Foresman Readers.  What would they see as the purposes of education in a democratic society? On what would they agree or disagree?
4.    Select either Herb Kohl or John Holt and then defend or critique the statement that they represent the next generation of progressive educators.
Chapter 10 – Civil Rights, Integration, and School Reform, 1954-1980
5.    Considering the case of Brown v. Board of Education, what was wrong with American schools that Brown was designed to fix?
6.    Why did the United States Supreme Court rule as it did in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Cite specific examples for your reasons.

Part c:
Reflection,, peer posting those answers:
Each reflection has to be 75 words,,
1- Matthew,,
1.  As an educator I believe President Lyndon Johnson was instrumental in the way we “do educational business today.”  President Johnson, as many presidents, juggled many impactful pieces of American history (Title IX, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, Civil Rights movement).  However President Johnson kept his eye on the prize and stuck with his vision of educational reform.  President Johnson felt the number one business of American people was education.  Johnson believed in the Full Education Opportunity, where all