Curriculum: The Art & Science of Teaching Week #3: Synthesis of New Knowledge
Stage 4: Plan Learning Activities and Instruction Unit Lesson Opener EDES 340 Presentations
NEXT WEEK Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
NEXT WEEK Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Planning Learning Activities: Think WHERETO: How will we hook and hold student interest? W Where are we going? Why? What is expected? E How will we equip students to explore and experience? WHERETO O How will we organize and sequence the learning? R How will we help students rethink, rehearse, revise, and refine? T How will we tailor learning to varied needs, interests, styles? E How will students self-evaluate and reflect on their learning?
Do your plans honor all of the multiple intelligences?
Aim for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Do your plans honor the best instructional strategies? Engagement Cube
Do your plans honor the best instructional strategies?
20 Instructional Strategies To Engage the Learner Problem Based Learning Role play/Drama/Charades Summarizing and Notemaking Technology Visualization Games Storytelling Manipulatives/Models Mnemonic Devices Drawing and Artwork Graphic Organizers Writing and Reflection Brainstorming Field Trips Debates Visuals Movement Humor and Celebration Music, Rhythm, Rhyme & Rap Cooperative Learning By Marcia Tate
S I D E Tate Marzano Bennett Silver Engagement FLOW = Strategic Instructional Design to Engage Students Engagement FLOW =
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Flow: The Optimal Experience
Designing the Instructional Unit: Instructional Strategies Learning Product Intelligence/ Learning Style Outcomes Content
Due Next Week
Shifting “Curricular” Paradigms Traditionalism Progressivism Where do you put “constructivism” and “behaviorism”? Where would you put “junior high philosophy” and “middle school philosophy? Where would you put “teacher directed curriculum” and “student directed curriculum”? What have been the patterns in Canada’s history? Where are we in Alberta? The rest of the World? Where would you put “YOU”? Thinking Differently for the Future: Sir Ken Robinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
Interview Skills for Education Students
Interview Skills for Education Students ENGAGEMENTMATTERS But Not As much As EMPOWERING THEM Interview Skills for Education Students
Curriculum: The Art & Science of Teaching