1. Welcome to Practical Teaching methods II
Prof. George E.K. Whitehead

2. About the course
PTM II

3. Aims
to develop your self-awareness and metacognition through critical observation and reflection tasks.
to raise your consciousness of teaching approaches, techniques, methods, and activities, that may not fit your context.
to foster your abilities to adapt decontextualized of teaching approaches, techniques, methods, and activities to their own personal teaching style and environment.

4. Course design/ Schedule
Class
Topic
What we are going to do… 1
Introduction to PTM 2
Course Introduction, Lesson Groupings, Lesson Scheduling, Rubric Discussion, Video Observations and Critical Reflection. 2
Lesson & Materials Preparation
Video Observations and Critical Reflection continued, Lesson preparation time, Lesson counseling and support. 3
Lessons & Feedback (2 Groups )
Teach, observe, give feedback 4 5
Lessons & Feedback (1 Group) & Final Wrap-up

5. Designing and running lessons
Groups of 3
Based on a real minute lesson that you would teach in your context.
The lesson should be as practical as possible.
I encourage you to try new things.
Try to adapt things that you have learned in the program to fit your context.
Don’t do anything in this lesson that you wouldn’t do in your real classroom.
One person should be responsible for mins of the lesson.

6. Evaluation 1) Classroom tasks 10 Points 2) Lesson materials 15 Points
3) Teaching performance 25 Points
Total Points

7. Teaching groups
Find 2 other teachers that share a similar context with yourself.

8. Lesson Schedule Date Teaching group 1 Teaching group 2
Tuesday August, 14th
Thursday August,16th
Tuesday August 21st

9. Additional Details & contact Information
Website: profgwhitehead.weebly.com
ResearchGate Profile:
Google Scholar Profile: GEK Whitehead
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