TO:
FROM: Phil
Fournier
DATE: 10/25/2004
RE: EVOC 501, WR3 Assignment
The purpose of the WR3 Assignment was to prepare a one page sample course plan
and a one page sample unit plan appropriate for the course I teach in
Automotive Air Conditioning.
The following six criteria were specified:
1. Comply with all of the General Criteria for Written Reports.
2. Emulate the Fred Fudrucker example for FORMAT, but
include my own CONTENT
3. Develop a one page SAMPLE COURSE PLAN that includes a course description and
a description of each of three units.
4. Develop a one page SAMPLE UNIT PLAN that includes a unit description (one of
the units from the course description) and a description of each of three
lessons.
5. Indicate the TIME REQUIRED to complete the entire
course, each unit and each lesson described.
6. When writing the lesson descriptions focus on SPECIFIC STUDENT PERFORMANCE
that involves only SIMPLE TASKS in the context of SHORT LESSONS.
The following sources of information were used relative to this assignment:
1. Fournier, Phil - From my own professional experience.
I believe that the attached report meets all six of above listed criteria. I
respectfully request full credit: one point for meeting each of the above
listed criteria.
SAMPLE COURSE & UNIT PLANS FOR A COURSE
IN AUTO AIR CONDITIONING
By Phil Fournier
Sample Course Plan for Automotive Air Conditioning
Course:
Course
overview for Automotive Air Conditioning:
Automotive Air
Conditioning is a course designed to acquaint students with the basic
principles of mobile air conditioning systems, their theory and their
operation. The history, theory, and principles of operation will be
taught. This is a 102 hour course that
covers 10 different study units and meets for 3 hours, twice a week for 16
weeks. The following units are typical of the units in this course:
Study unit one: Course overview, grading requirements, and attendance
expectations, and the history of mobile air conditioning.
This 3-hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the first, 3-hour
class session. Students will provide information about their individual
backgrounds and the instructor will review all course topics, assignments and
other course requirements, and will give a short lecture on air conditioning
history in mobile applications. This unit includes 3 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students
should be able list the critical dates relating to mobile air conditioning
history and to identify everything that they must do in order to earn a passing
grade in this course.
Study unit two: Air Conditioning theory and principles of operations
This 12-hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the four 3-hour
sessions following the unit one. The instructor will provide specific
information about the operation, components, specifications, and testing theory
applicable to R12 and R134a systems. This unit includes 24 individual lesson
plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students should be able to identify
the components of the air conditioning systems, and describe in an essay the
theory of operation.
Study unit three: Class room and lab, air conditioning pressure testing and
corresponding temperature relationships.
This 16 hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the 4 class
sessions following unit two. The
instructor will conduct lecture, guided practice and demonstration in the use
of temperature versus pressure charts, pressure gauges in air conditioning pressure
testing, and the use of thermometers, both digital and analog. This unit will include 8 lesson plans. The students will conduct directed discovery
in the use of stand-alone pressure gauges, thermometers, and electronic
temperature gauges. At the completion of
this unit, the student should be able to demonstrate competency in the
interpretation of pressure versus temperature charts, and demonstrate the
connection of pressure gauges.
One
page sample unit plan:
Unit 1 - Course overview, grading, attendance expectations, and the history of
mobile air conditioning.
This 3 hour unit is designed to be delivered during the first 3-hour class
session. The instructor will discuss what the student should be able to do as a
result of the course, how the student will be graded, and what the instructor’s
attendance expectations are. The
instructor will also cover significant dates as they relate to mobile air
conditioning.
Lesson 1 – Course overview
At the conclusion of this 30 minute lesson each
student should be able to describe in writing the competencies that will be
achieved as a result of the completion of the course.
Lesson 2 – Grading and attendance expectations
At the conclusion of this 1 hour lesson each student
should be able to describe in writing the skills that must be demonstrated and
the test scores that must be obtained in order to receive the desired grade in
the course. In addition, the student will be able to list the consequences of
electing for poor attendance.
Lesson 3 – Significant dates
At the conclusion of this 30 minute lesson each
student should be able to list chronologically the four significant dates in
history that have had drastic effects in the service and repair of mobile air
conditioning systems.
Quiz
on unit 1
During the final 20 minutes of this unit, students
will be given a fill-in-the-blank type test in which they will write in answers
directly relating to the student performance objectives listed in the 3 lesson
plans that were covered in this unit.