bio-diesel fuel, an integrated, cross-curricular project

BIO-DIESEL FUEL, AN INTEGRATED,

CROSS-CURRICULAR

PROJECT

RIGOR AND RELEVANCE

RELATIONSHIPS

Dr. Willard Daggett

RIGOR, RELEVANCE,

RELATIONSHIPSR X R X R =LCWRS

Rigor x Relevance x Relationships =

Life, College, Work Ready Students

RELATIONSHIPS

“IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THINGS RELEVANT

FOR, OR

EXPECT PERSONAL EXCELLENCE FROM

A STUDENT YOU DON’T KNOW.”

Carol Ann Tomlinson

I am proud of my school. T = 85S = 50

I am excited to be working with students. T = 96Teachers enjoy working with students. S = 56Students have fun at school. T = 78School is boring. S = 47

NATIONAL DATADelusional Discrepancies

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Students make school an exciting place to work. T = 87

Teachers make school an exciting place to learn. S = 31

I have fun at school. T = 85

Teachers have fun at school. S = 39

Students care if I am absent from school. T = 78

Teachers care if I am absent from school. S = 46

I enjoy working here. T = 88

I enjoy being at school. S = 50

NATIONAL DATADelusional Discrepancies

I am excited to tell my colleagueswhen I do something well. T = 59I am excited to tell my friends when I get good grades. S = 57 I see myself as a leader. T = 75

S = 58My colleagues see me as a leader. T = 50Other students see me as a leader. S = 34I feel comfortable asking questions in staff meetings. T = 66I feel comfortable asking questions in class. S = 66

NATIONAL DATASad Similarities

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DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS

Spend class time early in year, with students sharing information about themselves.

Make it a point to connect with students through their activities, sports, school events, jobs.

Let students know you are a “person” with hobbies, family, activities, likes and dislikes.

RIGOR!

THREE MIS-CONCEPTIONS ON RIGOR

1. That rigor means ‘ more’

2. Raising a grade is not ‘rigor’

3. Being stricter and enforcing tighter policies

RIGOR !

Rigor means increasing

the level of thinking

in a more sophisticated

and complex manner.

RELEVANCE

RELEVANCE

To determine a lessons Relevance you must ask the following questions…

1. Is there application?

2. Is it real world?

3. Is it unpredictable?

APPLICATION MODEL

APPLICATION MODEL

1 Knowledge of one discipline2 Application within discipline3 Application across disciplines

4 Application to real-world predictable situations

5 Application to real-world unpredictable situations

BIO-DIESEL PROJECT GROUPS

Production/Manufacturing Chemistry Construction Graphics Design, Multi-media, Web

Technologies Marketing Accounting

DOES THE PROJECT HAVE THE 3 R’S? Rigor —

High level thinking in the creation process for each group

Relevance—

Real world application as each group makes its contribution

Relationships—

Teacher to Student, Student to Student, Group to Group

2 POINT SUMMARY

Work to make sure instruction has

Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships

Instruction that follows the Application Model is more likely to be successful.

Know that your CTE Instruction makes a difference in your students’ futures, and that the rest of the academic world will soon be looking to the Application Model (the model of CTE) as a means for improving instruction.