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Cheryl Kershaw, Ed.D.
Director, Urban Impact
University of Tennessee
College of Education
421 Claxton Complex
Knoxville, TN 37996-3400
tel: (865) 974-0502
fax: (865) 974-8718
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COHORT TWO
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Name of
Special Topic or Workshop
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Issues in Urban Education
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Trends and Issues in Urban Education
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Participants
learn through visiting professors, on-line dialogues,
and research about successful programs and initiatives
being implemented across the country to address issues
faced by students, families, and educators in urban
school settings. They will also and be engaged in problem-based
learning experiences (e.g., “hands on experiences, community
mapping, and case studies) related to issues faced in
urban schools.
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Topics in Improvement of Instruction
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Improving Teaching and Learning
in Urban Schools
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Participants will initially be engaged in seminars
with leaders in the field of urban education during
the five day Summer Institute. UT faculty will lead
the Urban Specialists, other UT faculty, and Knox
County urban principals through the community mapping
process which provides an opportunity to learn about
the assets as well as challenges of urban communities
on a first-hand basis. As part of the URBAN IMPACT
grant, additional speakers will be included to provide
their perspectives on effective teaching and learning
in urban schools. Participants are required to read
a wide variety of articles and books focused on improving
the learning of under-served students.
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Accommodating Diverse Student Needs
in Urban Classrooms
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Coursework focuses
on several areas that impact teachers’ effectiveness
in teaching and learning in urban contexts: understanding
the diverse needs of learners; developing a repertoire
of culturally relevant teaching strategies; and developing
“accommodation” strategies to address the varied needs
of learners within urban classrooms. UT faculty, along
with Knox County Schools personnel will discuss special
education policies, regulations, and laws; strategies
for dealing with special needs children in regular classrooms;
communicating with families; involving human services
agencies in supporting educators’ endeavors; and working
with community leaders to understand the needs of the
whole child. This course provides an opportunity to
integrate special education, human services, urban issues,
and instructional theory and design in formulating plans
to assure that all children are learning to their potential.
Participants upon completion of this course, will be
able to design and implement problem-based learning
opportunities and experiences designed to enrich the
academic and social success of the diverse students
in urban schools.
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Action Research and Practical Inquiry in Education
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Action Research and Practical Inquiry
in Education
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Participants
will be engaged in seminars during which they will learn
the concept of inquiry based instruction and the process
of action research, identify areas of their own practice
in which they will research, design and implement action
research, and present their findings to their colleagues
in the URBAN SPECIALIST program and at their individual
schools. Using the Tennessee Framework for Evaluation
and the Tennessee School Improvement Planning processes,
they will identify strategies for incorporating action
research into the day to day functioning of their schools.
They will also develop strategies for helping novice
teachers enhance their practice using the action research
model. Linkages with inquiry based learning will also
be made to content area instruction. Teams of content
area specialists from the College of Education, Arts
and Sciences, and Knox County Schools will work with
the participants on developing and assessing inquiry
based learning activities.
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Course Schedule -- 2002-2003 Academic
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