MELS 601 Aldridge Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 12

 Teaching as Transmission  Straight Rows  Worksheets  Textbooks  Scripted Lessons  The teacher’s role is to utilize the prescribed curriculum and make few real decisions.

 Teaching as Transaction  In transaction, “knowledge is seen as constructed and reconstructed by those participating in the teaching learning act.”  Students study the prescribed curriculum  Group work  Activities are more open-ended and promote higher level thinking skills  Differentiation is practiced  Decisions are still made primarily by the teacher, with student input, but meaning is guided by the teacher and constructed by the students.

 Teaching as Inquiry  Inquiry classrooms encourage a considerable amount of student interaction in groups.  Used in developmentally appropriate classrooms  Inquiring environment is created  Children are encouraged to explore and learn about topics of their own interest  Students play active role of classroom learning  The general management of an inquiry classroom takes a tremendously resourceful and skilled teacher.

 Teaching as Transformation  The curriculum is designed so that students can study how people or other living creatures make a difference in the world.  Students may decide to study giraffes in an inquiry classroom, in a transformation classroom, the study would go a step further to determine how giraffes have made a difference in the world  Curriculum takes on a whole new meaning…how does it impact our planet

 Which of the previous frameworks presented in this chapter do you believe the federal government most supports?  Parents most support?  Principals?  Undergraduate Professors of Education?  Why?

 Enough Said

 Read the Scenarios on Pg. 121 of text  Which classroom would you prefer to be in?  Do you still see scenario one in today’s schools?

 Why are professional organization guidelines sometimes in conflict with recommendations made by federal, state, and local administrators?  Was developmentally appropriate practice used when you were in school? If so, how?

 What does your school have in place to help the beginning teacher with classroom management and discipline?  How do you as a principal assist a veteran teacher that is having issues with classroom management and discipline?