masters portfolio
Corey Peters
Corey Peters' Annotated Transcript
Spring 2013
CEP 800 – Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings
Instructor: Danah Henriksen
This course focused on new ways to educate using technology amongst other innovative measures. The class taught that learning is an active, socially mediated construction of knowledge in school, home, community, and work settings. Creating powerful learning experiences for the students was a major takeaway for me. Understanding the students is a critical step in the creation of these experiences.
EAD 801 – Leadership and Organizational Development
Instructor: Christopher Dunbar
This class explored the relationship between leadership and organizational development. There were a wide variety of organizations that was discussed and there were several key takeaways. As a founder of a non-profit, this class was instrumental in developing programs that can have success on a large level. An interesting aspect of the class focused on creating a culture within organizational programming that is conducive to learning and building strong individuals.
EAD 830 – Issues in Urban Education: Racial Achievement Gap
Instructor: Christopher Dunbar
The focus of this course was the education system and the obvious differences between varying racial groups. Different topics included institutional, class, race systemic factors that contribute to the racial achievement gap. Students were encouraged to probe research to better understand the reasons for the racial achievement gap. Students also discussed strategies to improve these issues and help ensure that all students have the same opportunities.
ED 800 – Concepts of Educational Inquiry
Instructor: Steven Weiland
This course revolves around the history of education. The focus revolves around concepts of inquiry in education addressing problems of theory and practice in both teaching and learning. This class reinforced the importance of asking questions and creating situations in the classroom where students are comfortable enough to do so. An application of inquiry to educational practices was the key takeaway for this course.
Summer 2013
EAD 860 – Concept of a Learning Society
Instructor: Steven Weiland
The focus of this course revolved around learning in the “Knowledge Age”. Technology is viewed as an important feature and partner in the learning process. It challenged teachers to find innovative ways to embrace technology and implement it in the classroom setting. It also creates ways to bridge the gap and improve the relationship between student and teacher. As a person who is not a huge fan of technology, this class really showed me that it is important for an educator to grow with the times and become increasingly more innovative as time marches forward.
Spring 2014
KIN 854 – Legal and Administrative Issues for Administrators and Coaches
Instructor: Rick Atkinson
This course covered the responsibilities of an organizations leadership in maintaining educationally sound athletic programs for amateur athletes. The main focus revolved around the safety of athletes as well as the general public. The class explored the best practices as well as scenarios to ensure the safety of everyone involved. It also covered strategies to ensure that the organization is protected from any legal action that can be brought against it. It placed in importance on doing things the appropriate way, even in situations where it may not seem necessary. Protecting the organization is key for all leaders and administrators involved.
CEP 883 – Psychology of Classroom Discipline
Instructors: John Carlson & M Lien
Strategies to deal with classroom discipline problems were discussed in this class. An important factor is recognizing potential issues before they arise and diffusing those situations. This can include classroom configuration, the organization of classwork, and a reward/punishment system. This course was especially good for me as I plan to work in high-risk schools. It is critical to create a plan of action that covers a wide variety of situations that could arise on a day-to-day basis.
Summer 2014
KIN 855 – Psychosocial Bases of Coaching Athletes
Instructor: Andy Driska
This class was designed mostly for coaches, or individuals who work directly with athletes. The class explored the sociological, psychological, philosophical, developmental, and instructional principles for coaching amateur athletes. The majority of assignments revolved around practical ways to implement this critical information in real life settings. I saved many assignments to implement in the future should I decide to coach. This was my favorite class of the Masters program.
KIN 857 – Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Sport
Instructor: Dan Gould
This course was based around leaders being good role models and learning different ways to develop the youth in a positive way. Primarily directed towards coaches, the course material focused on ways to use sport to build good citizens. Sports are a great way to teach young people lessons that will allow them to be successful adults. This class taught me different ways to teach these lessons within the framework of coaching.
Fall 2014
ED 870 – Capstone Seminar
Instructors: Matthew Koehler, Spencer Greenhalgh, Sarah Keenan, Brittany Dillman, and Joshua Rosenberg
The goal of this course was to create an electronic portfolio for the Web. It provided the opportunity to look back over the entire Masters program and reflect on what I have learned. The course taught me different ways to use a web platform to display aspects of both my personal and professional life. The discussion groups allowed me to interact with different professionals and fine-tune my electronic portfolio.
Spring 2015