S

Education 421

Learning and Evaluation

Spring , 1977

Instructor; Jack Martin

This course examines classroom learning and evaluation of

Pupil performance from both pragmatic and philosophic perspectives.

The first part of the course introduces and discusses basic

p

rinciples and techniques of classroom instruction and evaluation

as these relate to the facilitation of pupil learning. During

this section, students will produce complete plans (statements

of obje-tives, descriptions of learning activities, tools for

evaluation and assessment) for a short, but detai'ed,

instructional

unit.

The second part of the course will analyze the theoretical

approaches to classroom learning taken by Carl Rogers and

B. F.

Skinner. Students will be asked to constructively debate

these two positions and to produce written

critiques of

their

own instructional plans on the basis of these discussions.

Evaluation will be based on the written assignments referred

to above

(70%)

and a final oral examination (30%).

Texts for the course will be

1.

Skinner, The Technology of Teaching

2.

Rogers, Freedom to Learn.

Other readings will be assigned on a regular basis.

This course is reasonably demanding of student time and effort;