USF College of Education

AECT

Standard 5

Standard 5: Research

In this standard, I have included papers that I wrote for the different Education Foundation courses that I completed. Each paper required that I conduct research and evaluate my conclusions. These papers need work with regards to my annotations and APA style, however, I am proud of the ideas that I present in these papers. Upon completion of the program, I would like to revise these papers and explore these topics to turn them into a professional development series on teaching project-based courses.


Standard 3.1 Theoretical foundations

This is the final paper that I wrote for the course EDG 6697, Foundations of Educational Curriculum. The course provided me with great information about the different learning theories that made every subsequent course much easier to understand. In this paper, I aligned myself with the social reconstruction ideology of learning because I believe education has the power to change individual lives and public education has the power to transform an entire community and influence culture. In this paper, I present the argument that the culture of standardized testing that is present in the public school system is counter productive to what researchers know is best for teaching and learning. I would like to explore this topic further and write more articles and papers about this topic.



Standard 5.2: Method

Project based learning is the focus of this research paper. Throughout researching this topic, I found some excellent resources that I was able to use including books on maker-spaces and articles about the different types of career and technical education programs in this country. This paper best illustrates my goal of conducting more research into project based learning and the effects it can have on teaching and learning.



Standard 5.3: Assessing/Evaluating

The Future of Technology and Education is a paper that I wrote describing the role technology has played in my teaching experience as well as my goals for technology in the classroom. One of my firm beliefs is that technology in the classroom can bridge achievement gaps if it is coupled with quality instruction. T