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2nd Edition: Andragogy Ages 10 to 14

Age 10 to 14

click here for the Level Two Prep Program

   
   
Andragogy:
Mentor encourages and enables learner by providing access to appropriate resources and refraining from obtrusive interference.

Unit 1: Communication

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, P. 213

Standard 17

Information and communication systems

Communications encoding, transmitting, and receiving information

Factors influencing the design of a message

Language of technology

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, incubate, manipulate, test

 

Unit 2: Construction

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, p. 214

Stadard 20

Construction designs

Foundations

Purpose of structures

Building systems and sub-systems

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, manipulate, incubate, test

 

Unit 3: Transportation

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, P. 214

Standard 18

Design and operation of transportation systems

Subsystems of transportation systems

Government regulations

Transportation processes

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, incubate, manipulate, test

 

Unit 4: Power & Energy

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, p.213

Standard 16

Energy is the capacity to do work

Energy can be used to do work using many processes

Power is the rate at which energy is converted from one form to another

Power systems

Efficiency and conservation

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, incubate, manipulate, test

 

Unit 5:Manufacturing

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism
 

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, p. 214

Standard 19

Manufacturing systems

Manufacturing goods

Manufacturing processes

Chemical technologies

Materials use

Marketing products

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, incubate, manipulate, test

 

Unit 6: Medical

 

 Method & Review

Link

Content Standards

Behaviorism

memorization: metaphor, & repetition

 

ITEA, p. 213

Standard 14

Advances and innovations in medical technologies

Sanitation processes

Immunology

Awareness and genetic engineering

Cognitivism

algorithmic problem solving

 

Humanism

community action

 

Constructivism

individual action

 

Natural Learning

demonstrate, incubate, manipulate, test

 
 
       
Copyright ©2006-2014 Shirley Mullinax Lombardi, stmullin@NCSU.edu