(Revised) Class Schedule

Date	Topic
8/25	Introduction
9/1	Classical Theories & Behaviorism Reading Assignment: Perspectives on Learning, Ch. 1-3.
9/8	Problem Solving, Piaget, & Social Aspects of Learning Reading Assignment: Perspectives on Learning, Ch. 4-6.
9/15	Cognitive Structures & Cognitive Science Reading Assignment: Perspectives on Learning, Ch. 7-8.
9/22	Dewey Reading Assignment: Experience & Education, Ch. 1-3. Synthesis Exercise Due
9/29	Dewey Reading Assignment: Experience & Education, Ch. 4-6.
10/6	Dewey Reading Assignment: Experience & Education, Ch. 7-8; Learning Science: A Deweyan Perspective (course pack).
10/13	Cognitive Perspective: Piaget Reading Assignment: Piaget's Theory (course pack). S&D Analysis Part 1 Due
10/20	Cognitive Perspective: Piaget & Conceptual Change Reading Assignment: Dispensable and Nondispensable Elements in Piaget's Theory; Accommodation of a Scientific Conception: Toward a Theory of Conceptual Change (course pack).
10/27	Cognitive Perspective: Conceptual Change & Constructivism Reading Assignment: Misconceptions Reconceived: A Constructivist Analysis of Knowledge in Transition (course pack).
11/3	Cognitive Perspective: Metacognition Reading Assignment: Cognitive Monitoring; Reciprocal Teaching of Comprehension-fostering and Comprehension-monitoring Activities (course pack).
11/10	Vygotsky Reading Assignment: A Vision of Vygotsky, Preface – Ch. 1. Mind in Society, Ch. 4. S&D Analysis Part 2 Due
11/17	Vygotsky Reading Assignment: A Vision of Vygotsky, Ch. 2-5
11/24	THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/1	Vygotsky Reading Assignment: A Vision of Vygotsky, Ch. 6-7; Development of Science Concepts within a Vygotskian Framework (course pack).
12/8	Comparisons Reading Assignment: Situated Learning and Education; On Claims that Answer the Wrong Questions (course pack).
12/15 (5pm)	S&D Analysis Part 3 Due

*The information in this syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.