Educational+Issue+for+Team+Research+Project

With a partner you will research a current educational issue. In 45 minutes, you will present the issue to the class in an active and engaging manner. You will submit a 3 to 4 page synopsis to the professor along with annotated reference list that will also be distributed to the class. You will choose a topic that in some way has an affect on education. Your research will utilize a wide variety of research and information (at least 12 references), including newspapers, journals, the Web, television, news magazine, interviews with experts, etc. You will research the following: 1) What is the issue? 2) History of the issue. 3) Relationship to education. 4) Relationship to different philosophical schools of thought. How would those with different philosophies relate to and respond to the issue? 5) Relationship to your personal philosophy of education. 6) Analysis of the issue and how it’s affected and will affect what you do as a professional educator. 7) What insights did you gain that you found applicable and not applicable to your beliefs and values? The purpose of this assignment is to provide an avenue for you to research with some depth, a current issue in education that is of interest to you and share that interest with other students, who will grow professionally as a result of your research.
 * I. Educational Issues Research and Presentation - (60 points) Standard 7, 9, 10**

Possible Educational Topics and Issues Assessment Classroom Management Curriculum Integration Differentiated Instruction Discipline Multicultural and Gender Issues Inclusion Models of Teaching Motivation No Child Left Behind Technology Integration