module 1 --
introducing multiple intelligences;
learning using different intelligences;
education and multiple intelligences;
learning alone and learning together;
collaborative learning using the jigsaw method;
project-based learning about the college;
designing activities using new knowledge and understanding of multiple intelligences and cooperative learning;
practice activities with students (or in micro-teaching) at the college;
module 2 --
an important tool of teaching and learning;
higher-order questions and thinking skills;
introduction to learning design;
introducing learning outcomes: the first step in learning design;
matching learning outcomes with assessment strategies;
selecting instructional strategies;
practice using backward design;
practice activities with students (or in micro-teaching) at the college;
module 3 --
goal setting with rubric;
images of learning: how learning occurs;
creating and using portfolio for assessment;
assessing higher order thinking skills;
developing learning outcomes;
portfolio preparation;
understanding rubrics;
developing rubrics;
looking at student work: collaborative assessment;
self-assessment;
grading and feedback;
portfolio evaluation;
module 4 --
definition/purpose of the practicum;
why is the practicum important?;
current teaching practices;
exploring features of the practicum;
connecting theory with practice;
types of school-based tasks;
analysis of school-based tasks;
planning of school-based tasks;
exchanging, designating and planning of school-based tasks;
metaphor for the support networks for trainee teachers;
debate: expectations and standards for practicum participants;
practicum action planning;
revised definition of practicum