Jamie Huntington EDUC 5313 W3

 

Part 1:  Authentic Intellectual Work/Authentic Instruction & Assessment.   Use the following questions/prompts to guide the development of your post. What is the nature of Authentic Intellectual Work?  How does it differ from traditional approaches to instruction and assessment?  Discuss the components of Authentic Intellectual Work and provide deep consideration of at least one component by including a discussion of empirical (research-based) evidence found in Chapter 2. Describe a specific example of authentic intellectual work in a discipline or content area. Authentic Intellectual Work is defined as “construction of knowledge, through the use of disciplined inquiry, to produce discourse, products, or performances that have value beyond school”. There are three components to AIW which include construction of knowledge, disciplined inquiry, and value beyond school all working together to improve student learning. These three components change instruction a...

Week 1 Blog Assignment Part 1:  Introduce yourself to us. Tell us about your current and future professional goals. My name is Jamie Huntington, and I live in Lakewood, CA. I have been teaching 9th and 11th grade English at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA for 21 years. For the last 6 years, I have been teaching credit recovery, specifically working with our lowest gpa students on campus. I have been very busy during my last few summers creating a new Theater Program for my district which includes students from 6th grade to high school. My program is based at my high school, but we include students from over 10 schools from both our district and feeder districts including second language and special education students.   In my spare time, I enjoy reading, sewing, and spending time with my family.  I have been married for 23 years and have two wonderful daughters. One graduated from SDSU last Spring, and the other is just starting her second year at UNLV whe...