This exploration
into learning theory will be carried out in a series of eight weekly
workshops. The first workshop will set the stage for the series by
inviting participants to reflect on their own beliefs about learning,
and to discover the importance of looking at learning again and again
throughout their teaching careers. Each following workshop will feature
a different educator and his or her learning theory. In addition to
interviews with the featured educator, programs will include videoclips
of classrooms in which the theories are being practiced, and discussions
about the impact and the outcomes of such practices.
Each of the eight
workshops will be two hours in length -- a one-hour broadcast sandwiched
between two 30-minute Site Investigations. These discussion/activity
sessions will introduce and extend the featured learning theories
and provide a forum for participants to discuss their application
in the classroom. Weekly homework assignments will promote continued
thinking between workshops and help participants document their progress
throughout the series.
Workshop participants
are encouraged to communicate and share ideas with teachers across
the country on the LOOKING AT LEARNING . . . AGAIN interactive Web
site. The collective information exchanged via cyberspace will enrich
and extend the weekly workshops, and the opportunity to engage in
discourse with a national community of teachers will greatly enhance
the overall value of the series for all participants.
