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Course Guidelines

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Real world decisions are being made often without the knowledge or insight of the very generation that is most affected. The need for you, the young learner to become aware of the educational and economic world we live in as you transition into adult learning and the working world is critical to providing an additional opportunity to succeed as contributing members of society. As U.S. high school juniors, you will need to understand the importance of education as it relates to employment so that you can make an informed decision about higher education prior to entering the workforce.

 

There will be multiple cases to review within each theme, and each case will have multiple perspectives.

  • Increase awareness of education in the United States.

  • Evaluate issues related to technology and education.

  • Compare different perspectives of education in the United States.

  • Gain different perspectives from other learners.

  • Correlate the rapid growth of technology and the job market to education.

  • Summarize the factors affecting the decision to enter employment with or without higher education.

  • Construct knowledge of educational benefit or hindrance through resources provided.

  • Construct a plan on how higher education may or may not improve the decision for future employment.

  • Explain your plan.

  • ​​​Initial Survey: Complete an individual survey on the topic of U.S. education and related themes using pre-existing knowledge. The survey will consist of qualitative open-ended questions relating to the topic themes.

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  • Blog Post and Response to Peers: Write blog posts in response to teacher provided prompts, within specifically themed case-studies. Through nonlinear exploration and cross-analysis of multiple themed case perspectives, apply new with pre-existing knowledge and understanding. Articulate into multiple case study responses. Post meaningful responses on peer posts. This promotes a layer of understanding for peer perspectives.

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  • Follow-up Survey: Individually complete a Follow-up survey to the Initial Survey. This survey will consist of the same qualitative open-ended questions relating to the topic themes as the Initial Survey, with additional specific questions about the themed issues and cases. The repetition of previous questions, combined with answering additional thought-provoking questions based on knowledge gained through the Blog Post activity will help the student reflect, formalize and articulate the knowledge gained.

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  • Final Prompt: In a one-page report, apply the newly constructed knowledge to reflect and respond with a self-evaluation of possible current and future skills required for personally desired post-graduation employment. Demonstrate synthesis to create and articulate a multi-themed action plan as a solution for addressing the dilemma of employment or higher education.

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