Sasha Sidorkin Teaching
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My teaching philosophy

Graduate teaching I do follows the model of my mentor Donna Kerr. It could be summarized in a few maxims: read good books from different disciplines, change them often, stay away from "isms," and connect to personal passions of students. I usually tell my students that philosophy is a language; and like any language, it could be taught in two ways. One is to start with grammar, syntax, punctuation, etc. Another is to immerse into a living language and start speaking it. My class is an example of the latter.

My teaching load includes undergraduate courses that I also enjoy in a very different way. I am finding new technologies very helpful: I maintain a course web page, keep all my records on-line; students submit their writing, and read and critic each other's work on-line. One of the class project requires development of a website. Despite all the gimmicks, I try to keep the core of teaching the same - good readings, intensive writing, and dialogue.

Teaching for me is both a form of scholarship and and outlet for my creative impulses.

Recent curriculum development experience

Course syllabi and content development

EDF 685, Philosophy of Education (See current syllabus)

EDF 619, Pluralism in Education (See current syllabus)

EDF 366 Conceptions of Schooling (see sample syllabus)

EDFI 408 Education in a Pluralistic society (see sample syllabus)

EDFI 600 Philosophy of Education (see sample syllabus)

EDFI 671 Human Growth and Development (see sample syllabus)

New course or major curriculum modification

Ed.D. in Educational Studies, program design with Dr. Bartelheim and Dr. Walker.

MAT in Curriculum Studies, program design with Dr. Bartelheim

Professional Teacher Education Program in Elementary Education, program revision with program faculty.

Professional Teacher Education Program in Early Childhood Education, new program development with program faculty.

Master of Arts in International, Cross-cultural Education, Program proposal developed in collaboration with Dr. Kubow and Dr. Booth

EDFI 703 Seminar in Cultural Studies in Education, Course modification (With Dr. Thayer-Bacon), approved by Graduate Council

EDFI 600 Philosophy of Education, Course modification, approved by Graduate Council

EDFI 705 Implementation of Educational Change, new course developed

Other curriculum projects

Assessment Plan for EDFI 408.

Major curriculum revision for EDFI 408 as a part of the grant Using Web Technology to Overcome Fragmentation of a Multi-Sectioned Course (co-author)

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