CI 319: Course Philosophy

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CI 319 Course Philosophy

• Mara Alagic

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How much mathematics does an elementary teacher
need to know?

• Mathematics Knowledge
• Autonomous Learning Skills
• Metacognitive Reflection

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How much mathematics does an elementary teacher
need to know?

• Mathematics Knowledge
• Autonomous Learning Skills
• Metacognitive Reflection

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How much mathematics does an elementary teacher
need to know?

• Reading mathematics
• Understanding Mathematics
• Teaching mathematics
• Standards Process Content

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How much mathematics does an elementary teacher
need to know?

• Mathematics Knowledge
• Autonomous Learning Skills
• Metacognitive Reflection

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What is Autonomous Learning?

• an active, constructive process whereby
  learners set goals for their learning and then
  attempt to monitor, regulate, and control their
  cognition, motivation, and behavior, guided and
  constrained by their goals and the contextual
  features in the environment (Wolters,
  Pintrich Karabenick, 2003)

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What is Autonomous Learning?

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How much mathematics does an elementary teacher
need to know?

• Mathematics Knowledge
• Autonomous Learning Skills
• Metacognitive Reflection

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Reflective Thinking Four Criteria (Rodgers 2002,
p.845)

1. Reflection as a meaning making process
2. Reflection as a rigorous way of thinking
3. Reflection in Community
4. Reflection as a set of attitudes

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Criterion One Reflection as a meaning making
process

• Reflection is a meaning making process that
  moves a learner from one experience to the next
  with deeper understanding of its relationships
  with and connections to other experiences and
  ideas. It is the thread that makes continuity of
  learning possible, and ensures the progress of
  the individual and ultimately, society. It is a
  means to essentially moral ends.

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Criterion Two Reflection as a rigorous way of
thinking

• Reflection as a systematic, rigorous,
  disciplined way of thinking, with its roots in
  scientific inquiry (from the data of the
  experience to formulating a theory to testing
  that theory).

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Criterion Three Reflection in Community

• Reflection needs to happen in community, in
  interaction with others.
• The experience needs to be formulated in order
  to be communicated. (Dewey)

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Criterion Four Reflection as a set of attitudes

• Reflection requires attitudes that value the
  personal and intellectual growth of oneself and
  others.
• Whole-heartedness, directness, open-mindedness,
  readiness,

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Metacognitive Reflection

• Learning about our own learning
• What Does it Mean to Foster Metacognitive
  Reflection?

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Questions?