1. Teaching without learning
is just talking.
- K. Patricia Cross

2. Clip from "The Devil Wears Prada"
Teaching for Learning
Novice
Expert
How do we share our expertise with students? How do we help novices become experts?
This session employs cognitive research on learning, as described in the text How People Learn.
The highlights of this theory are provided in your handout for your later perusal.
Now we’ll have a brief discussion about how to foster student learning and then we’ll hear from Todd about his strategies in the classroom. To close, we’ll invite your questions.
So, how do we foster student learning? As professors, we’ve spent years developing expertise in our disciplines. How do we share that expertise with our students in effective and interesting ways?
Let’s look at a moment of instruction depicted in the film “The Devil Wore Prada,” and see what we notice about the teaching….
Clip from "The Devil Wears Prada"

3. Experts organize their knowledge.
Experts organize their knowledge using a conceptual framework.
Experts organize their knowledge.

4. Core concepts guide thinking about new information
Thus, core concepts guide their thinking about new information.

5. Experts notice patterns that make facts meaningful.
Experts notice patterns and relationships that make facts meaningful.

6. Experts respond adaptively to new situations.
Connections make the information’s relevance apparent. As a result, previous learning is applied and adapted easily to new conditions. 6

7. Teach to the Novice Make your own thinking visible
Problem-solve as a model for your students
Speak plainly to the novice level
How to teach to the novice?
Make your own thinking visible—think out loud!
Problem-solve as a model for your students.
Demonstrate how to do the discipline.
Speak to the novice level—remember that you have become fluent in an esoteric lingo particular to your field.