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Marygrove School: Place- and project-based teaching and learning
Ethical Schools
58 minutes 6 seconds
6 months ago
Marygrove School: Place- and project-based teaching and learning
We speak with Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean and professor at the Marsal Family School of Education, University of Michigan. Dr. Moje discusses Detroit’s School at Marygrove, a university-school partnership serving children and families from before birth through grade 12. We talk about design-based research, Marygrove’s innovative teacher-residency program, and what being a model means to Marygrove.
Overview
00:00-00:46 Intros
00:46-03:16 How the school at Marygrove came to be
03:16-06:27 Teaching and learning in Detroit
06:27-11:05 Why this neighborhood and community for Marygrove
11:05-12:05 Demographics of the community and the school
12:05-15:20 What an ethical partnership between a university and a school looks like
15:20-18:24 Funding—current and for sustainability
18:24-20:08 Proof of concept, scale, “translatable modules”
20:08-24:17 A model for curriculum and pedagogy
24:17-29:51 Design-based research
29:51-38:36 Selecting teachers and providing professional development and support
38:36-42:13 Promoting social justice
42:13-48:29 Cell phones, distractions, AI
48:29-49:11 Centrality of inquiry
49:11-56:45 Replication
56:45- Outro
Transcript
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References
The School at Marygrove website
Soundtrack by Poddington Bear
Ethical Schools
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