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Candidates seeking teaching licensure must complete required courseworkstructured to include all areas of competency as indicated by the North CarolinaSpecialty Areas Standards for their specialty area. Content knowledge requirementsfor teacher candidates are broadly cataloged in the North Carolina Specialty AreaStandards for and more specifically detailed for students and curricula in the North

Carolina Standard Course of Studies.Evidence 2, the Teachers As Scholars (TAS) Project focuses on candidates

abilities to display the level of scholarship necessary to conduct rigorous in-depthresearch into one aspect of their specialty area. Candidates who demonstrate theability to acquire and to synthesize knowledge regarding one specific facet of oneparticular content area will be assumed to be capable of applying these samestrategies to other areas of teaching and learning. In completing this evidence,candidates will identify content knowledge from the Specialty Standards particular totheir area OR from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study foundational to acontent area, ask clarifying questions to narrow the focus of this specific content,gather resources to enhance their understanding of this content, complete detailedresearch about this content, and create an interactive multi-media presentation thatshowcases their expertise regarding this specific content. Additionally, teachercandidates must be able to design and deliver effective information based uponemerging 21st century content and ICT literacy (Partnership For 21st Century Skills,

2004); thus, candidates must possess technological competence. The TAS Projectpresumes that candidates are or can become experts in any aspect of the contentthey might be required to teach and are also able to display their understandingsusing relevant technologies.

By closely examining one topic candidates will narrow the focus of their inquiryand determine a specific topic to study in depth. They will locate/review a variety ofscholarly resources and references and will research this topic. The goal is to

develop depth of background expertise about this particular content, separate fromthe teaching pedagogy required for its subsequent presentation to learners.Specifically, candidates must satisfy the following requirements to complete the TASProject:

1.Select a specific research topic based upon the Specialty Standards OR oneobjective of the competency goals presented in the North Carolina StandardCourse of Study. The research topic must be focused enough to allow for

sustained investigation of a precise topic. To ensure depth and rigor, all topics

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must be approved by the cooperating teacher and Salem Supervisor prior tobeginning research.

2. Locate, read, and evaluate information from current professional and contentliterature pertinent to the selected topic, including at least 5 print (books or full-length journal articles) and 5 scholarly online references (be prepared to verifythe legitimacy of online sources).

3. Using these resources, detail facts and synthesize concepts specific to theselected topic and create a multi-media research project that presentsinformation, displays depth of knowledge, synthesizes ideas, cites/referencesthe literature reviewed, and evidences academic rigor in a 21st century format.The multi-media presentationmay exhibit one format or combine a variety offormats: a text-based document (a hyper-linked digital research paper). This forma

entails the creation of a 10-12 page research paper that is primarily text-oriented. Content will be enhanced with the inclusion of the required multi-media elements (see number 4 below).

a formal research presentation. Although this may be created using a slidebased format, it will be more in-depth and text-rich than a traditional bullet-point presentation. In essence, the slide format will be used only for issue otransition and hyperlink creation; the research contained in it will be of adepth and as text-rich as a traditional research paper would be. Thepresentation must contain a minimum of 20 slides exclusive of a referenceslide or multiple reference slides. Each slide should include detailedinformation; additional content may be presented in the note area. Contentwill be enhanced with the inclusion of the required multi-media elements (senumber 4 below).

an enhanced podcast or movie. This is a collection that presents informatioin an audio-visual format and blends graphic images (still or moving) with

extensive narration or soundtrack. Because this project is to provideevidence of deep content knowledge, it is expected that the researchpresented in the soundtrack will first have been scripted to a 5-7 page lengthBy its nature, this type of project is multi-media; however, care should betaken to ensure that it exhibits all additional required elements (see number below).

a web site. This is an interactive research project that provides both vertica

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a web site. This is an interactive research project that provides both verticaand lateral connections between sub-components of the research topic. Inorder to address content with appropriate depth and rigor, the website mustinclude at least 3-5 individual pages, topically organized, and hyperlinkedtogether. It is assumed that a website displays variety of multi-mediacontent, but all required elements must be present (see number 4 below).

4.Integrate content knowledge with demonstrations of ICT literacy by includingthe following in the research presentation: at least one supplemental audio-visual file (recorded narration, embedded video or mp3 player, musicintegration/soundtrack, etc); at least three images/graphics (photographs,diagrams, drawings, maps, etc.); at least one table, graph, or chart createdspecifically for the research presentation to display or to enhance the contenand at least three hyperlinks (between a table of contents/index and

somewhere in the presentation, between two locations within the body of thepresentation, to a slide not in sequence, or to external content such as anonline book/journal, another research paper, a scholarly website, aprofessional or government organization, a video, a podcast, anotherpresentation, etc.)

5. Utilize APA (2009 edition) format for in-text citations.6. Create a reference listing to be attached at the end of the research

presentation. All resources cited must be included in correct APA (2009edition) format.

The TAS Project addresses standard 3b.1, Demonstrates an appropriate levelof content knowledge in the teaching specialty, in terms both of depth and rigor.Depth of the TAS Project is indicated by the narrow scholarly focus of the researchproject derived by careful examination, analysis, and evaluation of the goals andobjectives contained with the NCSOS for elementary social studies, science, or

health. The TAS Project evidences rigorin its underlying expectations thatcandidates will locate and compile knowledge from current scholarly resources andreference material then synthesize this knowledge to create original works thatdisplay both deep foundational understanding of content as well as 21st centurypresentation skills of it.