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The Integra+on of Academic and Technical Skills in K12 and Community College Classrooms: Contextualized Teaching and Learning as a Key Strategy Deborah Bird, Director Design Technology Pathway Pasadena City Cillege Gretchen Livesey, Linked Learning Director College and Career Readiness Office Oakland Unified School District Peter Simon, Senior Consultant Career Ladders Project

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 The  Integra+on  of  Academic  and  Technical  Skills  in  K-­‐12  and  Community  College  Classrooms:  

 

Contextualized  Teaching  and  Learning  as  a  Key  Strategy  

 

Deborah Bird, Director Design Technology Pathway Pasadena City Cillege Gretchen Livesey, Linked Learning Director College and Career Readiness Office Oakland Unified School District Peter Simon, Senior Consultant Career Ladders Project

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Contextualized Teaching and Learning (CTL)

CTL is a group of instructional strategies designed to link the learning of basic skills, and academic or occupational content by focusing teaching and learning directly on concrete applications in a specific context that is of interest to the student.

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– Makes it relevant – Engages and motivates hard-to-reach

students –  Increases learner confidence & enthusiasm – Enhances interest in long-term goals &

education

Contextualized Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Center for Student Success, Research & Planning Group. Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in CA Community Colleges, p. 58.

Many people learn better and faster, and retain information longer, when they are taught concepts in context.

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•  Infused academic courses

•  Infused career technical courses

•  Linked courses or learning communities

•  Team teaching of integrated academic and occupational courses

 Different  ways  to  accomplish  CTL      

 D.  Perin.  Academic-­‐Occupa,onal  Integra,on  as  a  Reform  Strategy  for  the  Community  College:  Classroom  Perspec,ves.  Teachers  College  Record,  vol.  103  2010    E.  Baker,  L.  Hope.  K.  Karandjeff.  Contextualized  Teaching  and  Learning:  A  Faculty  Primer.    RP  Group,  Spring  2009.                            

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A Key Element is Faculty Collaboration

Form Team that becomes a “Faculty Learning Community” Meet Regularly / On-going Communication Adequate time/resource for front end development Synchronize syllabi – progression of skills Joint Projects Spend time in each other’s classes

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“that  is  the  greatest  idea  ever  –  the  fact  that  all  our  courses  are  integrated”  

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content

community

time support

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community of practice

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faculty: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10…

support: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32… students: 25, 50, 75…

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thematic content process

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two  years  in…  DESIGN  TECH  

100  ENGLISH  100   MATH  402   COLLEGE  1  

DESIGN  TECH  101  ENGLISH  1A   MATH  125   SPEECH  10  

MATH  135   ANTHRO  10  

FALL ‘12

SPRING ‘13

SUMMER ‘13

MATH  ENGLISH  1B   ENGINEERING  8A  GE  FALL ‘13

College  Readiness  Cer+ficate  

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Sample Contextualized Assignments

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Integra+ng  Literature  and  Filmmaking    

A  Five  Minute  Sample  

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High  or  Superior  Angle  

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Eye  Level  or  Neutral  Angle  

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Low  or  Inferior  Angle  

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Deborah Bird [email protected]

Gretchen Livesey [email protected]

Peter Simon [email protected]

www.careerladdersproject.org