These are the class preparation sheets for my EDP 370: Applied Child Development Course. This course is taught as a 'hacked' course. Lectures are prerecorded for students to listen to at home, we complete activities in-class. The culminating project is the Children's Thinking Project (adapted from Penelope Oldfather & West, 1999). Thus, we integrated a series of interviews from American Public Media: Dick Gordon's The Story radio program into the pedagogy for students to develop their interviewing skills.

1. EDP 370: Applied Child Development
How can I prepare for class on January 21st?
Tasks for Week of 1/14: Understanding Intersection of Family & School
 Listen to Dick Gordon’s Interview: “The Flipped School”
http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_41612.mp3/view “Teachers in Clintondale
High School, just outside of Detroit, have reversed the places where students do
schoolwork and homework. Teachers make videos of their lessons for students
to watch at home, and they help students do the homework in the classroom.”
o How would you describe the micro-climate of classrooms at Clintondale
High School. How are these teachers thinking about status, sequence,
scope and stability? What ‘other beliefs’ do they hold about students
and/or their academic content area?
o Be prepared for a Quick Write applying the concepts from the micro-
system to understand Clintondale High School
 Revisit Chapter 2 (McDevitt & Ormrod, pgs 53-68 custom text): Peers, School, &
Society, (Section on “Schools”)
 Read Chapter 3 (McDevitt & Ormrod, pp. 33-53 custom text): Family, Culture, &
Community (Section on “Peers”)
 REview Lecture #2 on Meso-Exo Systems (Bronfenbrenner’s Theory; in iBook /
Dropbox)
 Prepare for Jigsaw:
o Group 1 (Meso): Lareau & Horvat (1989)
o Group 2 (Meso & Exo): Lareau (1988)
o Group 3 (Macro): Southern Ed Foundation Report
o Group 4 (Meso, Exo, Macro): Nisbett (2008)
o Complete Preparation Activities (in iBook): Be prepared to share your
slide with your group
I am in Group: _________
 Read: Washington Post (2010): Benefits of Economic Integration