Conceptual Framework

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Conceptual Framework

• Central Washington University
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• 2006

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PURPOSE

• Establishes the foundation for the program
• Provides direction for courses, teaching,
  performance, scholarship, service, and unit
  accountability

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Characteristics

• Knowledge-based
• Articulated
• Shared
• Coherent
• Consistent with the mission
• Continually evaluated

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Eight Elements

• Commitments, Dispositions, Beliefs
• Philosophy
• Theme
• Knowledge Base
• Competencies
• Program Delivery
• Field Experience
• Assessment and Evaluation

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Commitments, Dispositions and
Beliefs

• The unit is committed to the preparation of
  professionals who will serve diverse public
  schools as teachers, counselors, and
  psychologists
• Candidates are reflective, supportive, scholarly,
  collaborative, and promote life long learning for
  the students they serve

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• We believe that
• P-12 schools are the most important institution
  in our society
• All children can learn
• Teaching should be facilitative of learning
• Children learn in different ways
• Knowledge is richer when created by the learner
  knowledge is shaped by culture

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• Assessment is the primary link between curriculum
  and instruction
• Educational programming is incomplete absent
  diversity
• Education is a profession in its own right
• Teachers must be strong content and pedagogical
  specialists

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Constructivism

• The Philosophers
• Dewey
• Piaget
• Vygotsky

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The Tenets

• Knowledge is actively created by the learner
• Learners construct knowledge out of experience,
  information, data

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• Current knowledge and past experience influence
  the impact of present experience on learning
• Learning is a constant endeavor
• Knowledge construction is necessarily individual
• Individual knowledge construction
• guides individual action

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The Theme

• Facilitators of Learning
• in a Diverse World

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The Competencies

• Expert Learner
• Knowledge Specialist
• Master of the Art Science of Teaching
• Teacher/Specialist Scholar

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Program Structure Delivery

• Expert Learner
• General Education Coursework
• Knowledge Specialist
• Major/Minor Coursework
• Art Science of Teaching
• Professional Education Coursework

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Field Work

• Integrated
• By doing we learn
• Provides opportunities for reflection
• Allows educators to conform knowledge to
  environments in which they practice their craft
• Is more culturally rich than the college classroom

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Assessment Evaluation

• Assessment
• Systematic
• Multiple measures
• Use results to foster achievement
• Program Evaluation
• Quality of preparation
• Candidate satisfaction
• Candidate learning
• Program operation