TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success PowerPoint Section 3 Dr. David E. Diehl THE CENTER FOR TEACHING & LEARNING EXCELLENCE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE Student Engagement Equals Student Success Welcome to Houston Community College Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. As part of the Division of Instruction at HCC District, the Center for TLE sponsors numerous faculty development programs in support of enhancing faculty knowledge and skills in teaching strategies and learning methods. These programs consist of various workshops focused on important educational practices that contemporary research has proven to be effective in teaching today’s students. These programs are offered district-wide at various HCC campuses and are free to all HCC faculty, both part- and full-time. (Presentation will automatically move to the next slide upon completion of the audio.)

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success READING ASSIGNMENT: From the learning handbook, review the chart entitled Attributes of Educational Philosophies/Theories on page 18, and the follow-up on the limitations of each major category at the top of page 19.

Community College Survey of Student Engagement HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Community College Survey of Student Engagement *CCSSE Five Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice Academic challenge Active and collaborative learning Student effort Student-Faculty interaction Support for learners *http://www.ccsse.org/ Contemporary research has proven that student engagement is a significant contributor to student success. Please be certain to take the time to read the article by the educational research organization Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) on benchmarks for educational practice related to student engagement. You will find the link to this report on the next slide.

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success READING ASSIGNMENT: From the Center for TLE Web site, access and read the 2005 CCSSE report entitled Engaging Students: Challenging the Odds - 2005 Findings. Go to the HCC Center for TLE Web site at http://hccs.edu/tle and click the link entitled National Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practice, and click the title of the report.

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Community College Survey of Student Engagement CCSSE Five Educational Strategies That Work Set high expectations and clear goals Focus on the front door: successful completion of the first semester Elevate Developmental Education Use engaging instructional approaches Make engagement inescapable

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success READING ASSIGNMENT: From the HCC Center for TLE Web site, access and read the 2007 CCSSE Committing to Student Engagement – Reflections on CCSSE’s First Five Years – 2007 Findings. Go to the HCC Center for TLE Web site at http://hccs.edu/tle and click the link National Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practice, and click the title of the report.

Teaching Strategies That Result in Higher Levels of Learning Retention HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Teaching Strategies That Result in Higher Levels of Learning Retention Again, research has proven that when we engage in our own learning, when we get involved and hold ourselves personally accountable for our own learning – we retain more. Research reflects that we learn (retain) 90% of what we teach others.

What does your learning environment look like? HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success What does your learning environment look like? Traditional (Teacher-directed/Teacher-centered) Contemporary (Self- directed/Learner-centered) Teacher’s role Student’s role Curriculum’s role Student Engagement Teaching Strategies Learning Tasks Assessment Methods disseminator: authoritarian, dominates instruction facilitator: coach, mentor, advisor, change agent passive receptacle, absorbs knowledge active, engaged, discoverer; constructs knowledge fixed: structure, sequenced; step-by-step flexible; changeable, subjective, learned within context of developed around student interest, experiences, and abilities Please take a few minutes to review the attributes comparison chart between traditional and contemporary approaches to teaching. As you do, please identify what your learning environment looks like? Is it traditional, or teacher-centered? Is it contemporary, or learner-centered? Or, would you consider your approach a “blended’ model of teaching? primarily individual small collaborative groups extended lecture and readings, textbook assignments mini-lectures, small group work worksheets, individual projects - presentations, chapter questions small collaborative presentations, creation of products, portfolios, problem-based solutions, interactive, simulations, field trips, Web sites activities exams, achievement test scores Used by permission. Adapted from the dissertation of Dr. David E. Diehl entitled “A Study of Faculty-Related Variables and Competence in Integrating Instructional Technologies into Pedagogical Practices.” ©2005-06. Revised 2010 for this presentation.

Reasons to know your philosophy of education: HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Reasons to know your philosophy of education: To understand why you make the decisions that you do related to your teaching To ensure that you match yourself to an institution whose philosophy is similar to yours Reasons to know your primary learning style: By default, you will design curriculum based upon your primary learning style. To know your preference and to understand various learning styles, you will ensure that you create various teaching and learning strategies, learning engagement tasks, and assessment methods that address the various learning styles of your students offering all the opportunity to use their cognitive strengths to academically succeed.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: Interpret the data from your Four Families Philosophies Survey. Score that are high reflect a high passion for teaching Scores (within the same) range reflect flexibility; drawing from all approaches in a balanced way Very low scores could mean a low interest in teaching FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: Interpret the data from your Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. The instructions detail how to interpret the data.

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success The Value of a Teacher “This is the value of the teacher, who looks at a face and says there’s something behind that and… I want to reach that person, I want to influence that person, I want to encourage that person, I want to enrich, I want to call out that person who is behind that face, behind that color, behind that language, behind that tradition, behind that culture. I believe you can do it. I know what was done for me.” - Maya Angelou

YOU DIFFERENCE!!! DO MAKE A HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

Your Personal Philosophy of Education HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Your Personal Philosophy of Education What underlying beliefs, values, assumptions, and attitudes about teaching and learning causes you to make curriculum design decisions about: Learning environment you create for students Teaching strategies you use to deliver content to students Learning tasks that you select to engage students Assessment methods to ensure mastery of content? LEARNING ACTIVITY: Consider and organize your thoughts; do a Google search and review several statements written by other educations; write a personal philosophy of education.

Complete the Check Your Knowledge quiz. HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching for Student Success Review the PowerPoint, handbook, and supportive resources for this section. Complete the Check Your Knowledge quiz. Then take the Exit Quiz.