Team+22

Team 22
Member Names: Tony Fei

Wednesday
Design Studio: Reflect on your content and pedagogy With your Partner reflect on the following questions: - Tony teaches Business Studies - Fei teaches Economics
 * What content areas do you teach?**

- Tony's strength is getting students to appreciate the impact of corporate behaviour on society - Fei's strenght is in helping students understand the technical nuances of economic models in order to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of these models.
 * What content strengths do you have?**

- Tony could improve on his knowledge of the impact of Chinese culture on business ethics in China and how that affects people's perception of China's emerging role in the global economy - Fei still thinking about this one!!
 * What content do you find difficult to teach?**

- Fei's teaching style is to challenge the students with questions or to challenge them to develop their own questions
 * What do you consider your role to be as a teacher?**
 * -** Tony considers himself to be a facilitator to allow students to express themselves

- Fei uses (i) whatever is necessary and (ii) the "chalk and talk" method when appropriate as well.
 * What instructional methods do you use as a teacher?**
 * -** Tony applies a Socratic style of teaching that challenges students to engage in rational and creative thinking. He also likes the "chalk and talk" method when appropriate.

- Fei: Students talk too much about unrelated classroom topics
 * What are some of the persistent problems you encounter in your instruction?**
 * -** Tony: students are afraid to make a mistake and so are reluctant to open up. Also, they need to improve all aspects of their English

- Fei and Tony think that our subject areas are naturally complimentary and reinforce learning in each other's subject.
 * With your partner, identify possible areas of overlap.**


 * Reflection Notes:**

Thursday
Guiding Questions
 * I. What is the compelling question you would like your students to answer? Do you have any sub-questions to engage students?**

- The Compelling Question we want students to answer: **"What were the causes of the financial crisis in 2008?"** - Sub questions include:
 * What role did banks play in this disaster?
 * What role did regulators such as the FRB, SEC, FTC play in this disaster?
 * Explain the role of the sub-prime market in this crisis?
 * What was the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in this disaster?
 * What role did securitizations play in the disaster, for example, derivatives and CDOs?


 * II. How are new literacies featured in your compelling question?**
 * Students must display initiative and inquiry.
 * Students must demonstrate knowledge of the subject under inquiry.
 * Students must use technology tools (internet, video etc) in a collaborative manner to develop their project.

- Let the students display initiative and decide this for themselves
 * III. How will you organize or group your students for the PBI?**


 * IV. What prior knowledge do your students need to have to complete this PBI lesson? What lesson(s) would come before the PBI?**

- A general understanding of business and economics in general**.** - Pre-PBI lessons would require that students know the various participants on the US and world economic markets. For example, it is expected that students know what the Federal Reserve Bank is and what role it plays in the US (and incidentally) the world economy.

- We will provide a list of participants in the US economy to students but we will leave it up to the students to find out what these actors do. - We will also provide the students with a broad list of articles which have discussed the fiasco over the past 2 years. - Monitoring will be ongoing and continuous. Students will be encouraged to ask the teachers for feedback.
 * V. How will you scaffold and support your students' gathering and analyzing of information? How will you monitor this process?**


 * VI. How will you scaffold and support your students' creative synthesis of information in their PBI product? How will you monitor this process?**

- Apply Bloom's Taxonomy on an ongoing basis with a focus on developing student intellectual capacity and creativity. - We will provide regular feedback to the students and advise them if we think they are being unproductive in their research.


 * VII. What intellectual elements in students' PBI product will be evaluated. What forms of assessments will you use (e.g. rubrics, checklist, etc).**

- Content - Analysis - Originality - Persistence and engagement in the topic - Skills displayed - Attitude - Interpersonal skills within relevant groups


 * VIII. What technology tools will students use in creation and sharing of their PBI product?**

- The Internet, search tools, video and any other tool a student deems appropriate


 * Reflection Notes:**

PBI Compelling Question:
What were the causes of the financial crisis in 2008?

Content:
- Provide students with several articles that suggest multiple reasons for the financial crisis in 2008 - Provide students with a list of the relevant players in the financial and credit markets in the US. - Assign articles supporting different views of the crisis to different groups of students

Learning Outcomes for this PBI:
- Students should have some ideas of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and be able to debate their opinions among their groups. - Students should be able to express an opinion about the impact of this crisis on their country and on the world economy. - Students might be able to suggest what reforms are needed to the world financial system to avert another crisis.

Method:
- Web research the topic - Group debate among students - Read and compare comparative scholarly articles on the crisis - Lecture - Collaborative activities

Assessment:
For written **assessment of report**, see the tubric at http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1211679& or http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1680208&

For **assessment of student group debates** see, http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1961187&

Technology Tools Used:
The internet, and any tool the student deems appropriate (displays initiative and creativity). Suggested tools include; - Gapminder.org - ManySpaces - MS Office Tools