Guidelines and Assessment Rubric for your Analytical Educational Autobiography
Your life history shapes the beliefs and personal theories about education. Considering your life story helps you to understand how your prior experiences have shaped your values, interests, strengths, weaknesses. Examining your autobiography also helps you understand your cultural identity and clarify your cultural values.
Write about your own educational experience, focusing on the different topics we have discussed in class. Compare and contrast your experience with concepts from the course readings. Bring in quotes from our readings, discuss how they relate to your life experience.
Explain
why you make that particular connection. For example, concepts
from the readings can help you understand why a certain experience was
important;
or your experience may be different from what research and theory postulates,
why would that be? etc. Make sure you cite the source of your quote. Use
APA citation format.
Bring in at least 7 different ideas and quotes from your readings. Make sure you bring in concepts from different readings.
Assessment rubric.
Education 417
Midterm paper
Name:Grade: %
1) Autobiography focuses on values, interests, friendships, strengths, experience in family, community and schools. (14 points max)
2) Makes connections to at least 7 different topics and readings covered in class so far (21)
a) History of American Education
b) Ethnic Diversity
c) Multicultural Education
d) Culture
e) Assessment
f) Profession of Teaching
g) Human Learning Theories
h) Gender
i) Special Education
j) Curriculum in American Schools
h) Bilingual Education
3) Quotes from readings: (35 points)
At least 7 quotes from different course readings
Choice is appropriate
Explains choice
Quote provides sufficient information to show connection
APA citation style.
4) Bibliography complete, APA style. (10 points)