Course | Putting Play to Work in the Classroom

$460.00

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Provider: Fresno Pacific University

Elementary school Course | Putting Play to Work in the Classroom

Facilitator

Candi Reimer
As a beginning mathematics teacher at an urban high school, Candi quickly realized that drawing on student interests and experiences was essential to engaged learning. This insight has guided Candi's work in education as a K-12 instructional coach, a developer of mathematics curriculum, and an instructor of professional development. Candi's courses aim to create space for teachers to gather around relevant ideas and practical experiences as they deepen their knowledge and professional practice. Course topics reflect the concerns and curiosities of practicing teachers, equipping them to directly apply learning to classroom teaching. Candi values the diverse perspectives that Fresno Pacific University students bring to the learning community, and Candi hopes that participants in the courses will be as inspired as Candi has been by the ideas and dialogue generated here.

Playful Learning: Putting Play to Work in the Classroom

From first steps to alphabets, all children are born with a natural inclination to learn. Although most educators are familiar with the merits of play, many schools struggle to put play to work for classroom learning. This fully online course will introduce teachers to playful pedagogies that support academic learning at any level. Play-oriented lessons provide students with opportunities to imagine, create, ask questions, take risks, and collaborate. Participants in this course will learn how to infuse their classrooms with play-based practices that foster student curiosity, motivation, and enjoyment. All of the readings and activities included in this course support the Common Core Standards and the five core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This course may be taken with or without students. Course text is included in the course.

This course is applicable towards the Student Engagement Certificate.

Syllabus

Online Resources: Relevant online resources that support the course content and encourage further investigation will be available throughout the course assignments. Active hyperlinks are utilized throughout the course and will link to the appropriate information when clicked. These include videos, podcasts, worksheets, online activities, journal articles and other resources.

Course Dates
Self-paced; students may enroll at any time and take up to one year, from the date of registration, to complete assignments. Students may complete assignments in no less than three weeks for a 3-unit course (one week per unit).

National Standards Addressed in This Course

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

First published in 1989 and updated in 2016, What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do articulates the National Board’s Five Core Propositions for teaching. The Five Core Propositions -comparable to medicine’s Hippocratic Oath — set forth the profession’s vision for accomplished teaching. Together, the propositions form the basis of all National Board Standards and the foundation for National Board Certification. Course assignments have been designed so students can demonstrate excellence against these professional teaching standards whenever possible.
• Proposition 1: Teachers are committed to students and their learning
• Proposition 2: Teachers know the subject they teach and how to teach those subjects to students
• Proposition 3: Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning
• Proposition 4: Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience
• Proposition 5: Teachers are members of learning communities

For more information about the syllabus please visit Fresno Pacific University page.