Project based learning, scaffolding of activities, facilitating peer feedback, setting goals and benchmarks are all actions that teach students new concepts about model citizenship in collaborative learning environments. Teachers will learn the steps needed to teach social responsibility and civic action with in the scope of the intermediate classroom, in keeping with the five traits of good citizenship.
Course objectives:
- Scaffold activities that build into collaborative learning.
- Apply the five traits of good citizenship to planning curriculum and instruction for collaborative learning environments.
- Use the strategies that support effective language learning.