Research shows that teachers need to vary the methods of instruction. This week reflect upon the following questions to determine the quality of your cooperating teacher’s instruction.
Does the teacher:
• Rely too heavily on “tell” forms of instruction?
• Include “show” methods of instruction to demonstrate the meanings of the material being taught?
• Include “do” activities where students apply, or learn, the skills of the lesson?
• Vary instructional methods to ensure meeting the needs of all students?
Don't forget to bring all of your practicum documents and anything else that you still need to turn in next week.
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My host teacher is very good about showing her students multiple different ways of learning. For instance, in one of our classes we did a lesson on graphs. First my teacher told the students about graphs, then she drew one on the board and we did a graph of boys, girls, and teachers in the classroom. We ended the lesson with a hands on graphing lesson, we handed out Lucky Charms and had the students graph the marshmallows in the cereal by each type of marshmallow. The students really seem to grasp the concept after having to apply it with the Lucky Charms. The students also liked that they got to eat their Lucky Charms after they finished their project if they got everything right.
ReplyDeleteMy host teacher is very good about showing the students different ways of learning. For example in the physed class i was in the teacher broke down every technique on how the students should bump, set and spike the ball. He also had the kids sit donw and take note on how his type of defence works in volleyball. After the students sat down at got it drawn out for them, they then went to the court and practiced it as the teacher went around correcting their stance and position.
ReplyDeleteTo comment on what Paige said, i think sometimes adding a treat for something to push the students and want to get the answer right becasue in the end they will get a "lucky charm" can be a good way to learn!
ReplyDeletemy host teacher is a great eample of a tell teacher. 90 percent of her course is she talks and the students take notes. On the other hand i also observed a physical education teacher that was a show teacher. i really believe that it depends on the subject as to what type of teacher you are and can be.
ReplyDeletein response to bretts comment...i have never heard or had a P.E. teacher take notes. i thik it is a great idea since it is proven you learn more and retain more if you write it down.
ReplyDeleteThe teacher I observed for was great at giving examples.Some of the examples were verbal trying to get the students to relate a problem to real life, while others were on the board written examples. I believe it is nessasary to give good examples so the students can grasp a good understanding of what is going on in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteMy teacher is good as using many different styles of teaching. She will use the smart board to show objects and explain terms, then turn around to the chalk board to have students come up and try it on their own. I think she has a great variety of teaching styles.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that having a treat after certain assignments or tests if the students do well is a great motivation.
ReplyDeleteIn reply to Paige's comment, I believe using candy or something to help students have a motivation to be involved is a really good use of resources.
ReplyDeleteMy host teacher has the kids pick a baseball player to follow their batting average or stats. Which helps the kids to figure out how to do average and percentage. The kids that are into sports really enjoys and it get them involved in what going on with the Cardinals baseball team.
ReplyDeleteI agree that giving the kids candy for a reward is a great motivator, but according to the food and nutrition guide they really should not be doing that.
ReplyDeleteMy host teacher uses the SMART board for almost every subject during the day. I think that this is a great tool, but in order to understand how to use it and to teach the kids what to touch and not to touch she had weeks of instruction without it in the begginning of the year (she said). I enjoy watching the kids and how engaged they are in the graphics and movies she shows on the board.
ReplyDeleteJames,
ReplyDeleteI have always had "tell" teachers and taking notes in classes has become so boring! But now that I am learning new techniques of instruction I plan on trying my best to limit my tell teaching.
My teacher is a very big "tell" teacher. She is very laid back but she tells the kids what to do.She is very into following instructions.
ReplyDeleteBrooke,
ReplyDeleteI also feel that giving some sort of incentive to get involved and work hard helps their motivation to do well and listen.
I was suprized by brett's host teacher instruction. I dont ever remember my PE teachers having us do any kind or written instruction. I think that it is a really good learning tool.
ReplyDeleteMy host teachers does a great job at explaining the art projects and is always prepared but the instruction seems kindoff repetative. even I would get lost in her words. It was sometimes as if she was reading from a note card.she is a great help to all the students I just think the demo needed to be more interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy teacher shows the students tons of differnet stratagies to learning the material she has for them. Since I am observing with a Human Anatomy/ Forensic Science teacher there are many labs involved. She always does a demonstartion before the lab begins in order to show an example to her students. Also, something that I found interesting is that if a student has a question then she will stop the class and explain things again as a whole. I like this technique because I think if one student is confused about something, another student might also be confused about the material. She does alot of work with the overhead where she shows graphics, speaks orally and even gives the students copies of this information which help to target all learning types.
ReplyDeletePaige,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your teachers incentive deal too! My teacher also offers candy incentives. I always used to like when teachers put stickers on my work for good grades. We used to have competitions in my classes to see who could get the most! Its good to know teachers still believe in the incentive program!!
Students all have unique ways of learning and I believe that my host teacher really understands that concept because when she reads books to the preschool children, she relates the stories to their lives at home and lets them each tell about how the story relates to their lives and they can also ask questions so that she can make sure that each student really understands what is going on in the book.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with what Lauren was saying because some children do have a really hard time learning things and it is important for the teacher to not only see that, but to take action and help that student learn.
ReplyDeleteBrooke and Anna,
ReplyDeleteI really think that incentives drive students to finish their tasks. Also, if kids set goals for themselves then they try to reach them. Another thing that my teacher does for reading goals is makes it a competition who can read the most books the fastest. 1st place gets a big prize, 2nd place a medium one, 3rd place a small one, so on and so forth and it seems to work out well.
My teacher was really good about figuring out ways for her students to understand the lessons at hand. She made it so the students should want to learn and made it fun for them. the incentives were very rare and it became more of a cheerleading act than a bribe. I really liked her methods of perception when she would use examples and different ways of looking at the picture or subject.
ReplyDeletei agree with Brooke, but where is the line to draw when giving incentives?
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