99 461 - Tutoring, Teaching and Leading through Education

Institution:

Carnegie Mellon University

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Description:

This course has service, intellectual, and personal goals. The service goal is to provide effective tutors to local children. Students meet for class twice/week and tutor 26 hours, in a time slot of your choosing. To promote effectiveness, the course covers topics of tutoring (making tutoring interesting and creative, focusing on meta-learning strategies and study skills); teaching (exploring the connection between teaching and learning); and leading (gaining a broader understanding of the issues that urban students face, exploring how public policies affect the disparities between urban and suburban school student performance and working on strategies that will lead to change). Another focus of the class is a review of the US education system to look at the factors that lead to a 'supplemental educational services? industry in the United States of more than $27 billion? what are the policies and traditions that keep students from learning while in school, and why do we need so many ?extra? programs and activities? What happens when families are not able to afford the external services? What can be done to bring focus to these problems so that solutions may be developed? Students are provided with methods and time to explore the ways that they can share their expertise to assist K-12 students as they work to master content or to go beyond the activities that are provided in the classroom. Reflection assignments are designed to help students summarize their thoughts about 'social responsibility? and the impact that an individual can make in the community. Full participation in class activities and 26 hours of community based work is expected and required in order to earn a passing grade in this class.

Credits:

9.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cmu.edu/

Phone Number:

(412) 268-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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