Summary of Course + Application to Professional Teaching

Differentiated Instruction

Guest Speakers

Lecture-based style

Small Groups

Think/Pair/Share

Circle / Round Robin

Different kind of assessments

Visual

Video (also Kinestetic)

Art (poster, clay, drawing)

Mind map

Written

Essay

Story (Short story)

Kinesthetic

Skit

Tableu

Class Activity

Aural

speech

Cooperative Learning

Teamwork makes the dream work!

Collaborative learning

HPL (How People Learn)

Prezi on how people learn

Flexible Learning Environment

Active listening

Different styles of seating

couches

bean bags

floor seating

desks

group tables

Views of Learning

Cognitive Approach

Behaviorist Approach

Social-Cultural Appraoch

UDL - Universal Learning Design

multiple means of representation

Multiple means of action and expression

multiple means of engagement

Direct Instruction

Sometimes students need more guidance and lecture-based style, but I personally think that this should not be used all of the time, but more so at the beginning of a Unit

Behaviorism

Edward Thorndike

Cognition

John Dewey

holistic view of education - still accepted today

Quantitative Research

Descriptive

Experimental

Qualitative Research

Idiographic

Ethnographic

Clear rules and expectations

Clear rubrics

Fair testing

Standardized testing

Being clear in assessment is KEY

Clear assessments

As Learning

Of Learning

For Learning

Stiggin's assessment

diagnostic assessment

formal assessment

Summative Assessment

Observation through:

Exit Cards

Walking around the class

Entry Cards

Active Observation: make notes

Curricular Planning

Designing course content around curriculum

Unit Plans

Lesson Plans

Engage/ Study / Activate

Educational purposes

Life Experiences (Relevancy to real world)

Backwards design: Start from a goal and then look at how the curriculum coincides with this important goal

Multicultural Inclusion

Critical conciousness

Bank's Model

Indigenous Recognition / acknowledgement / incorporation in curriculum and course

Support and Challenge students

Culturally Responsive

Problem of a Single story

Stereotype threat

Respectful Activities

Diverse Learners

Global Citzenship

What does it mean to be a global citizen?

Technology

Different perspectives

Equality vs. Equity

Social Identity Factors

Race

Culture

gender

Socio-economic status

education

occupation

income

lowest

lowest-middle

middle

upper-middle

highest

Parenting styles

authoritarian

permissive

authoritative

Positive Learning Environment

Promotes Critical Thinking and Inquiry

Provide Inquiry models

Effective Classroom Management

DCM (Dynamic Classroom Management)

Allow students to create their own rules so that they have their own sense of responsibility

Use authentic activities

Active Listening

Be kind

Constructivism

Students are able to be cognitive in their learning environment

Consistency

Routine

Pre-assessment

Always activate prior knowledge

debrief

no surprises

Foster Meta cognition

Safe Environment

Teaching Philosophy

Keep a North Star

Artifacts

Motivation

Healthy competition

Positive reinforcement

prizes / goals

personalizing your classroom

intrinsic motivation (aka - what will my focus for this course be and why for these specific students?)

extrinsic motivation

Bloom's Taxonomy

Growth Mindset

Leads to a desire to learn

Embrace Challenges

Resiliency

Constructive Criticism

Find inspiration from others

Individual differences

What adults can learn from kids

Processes

Developmental / Orderly

gradually progressive process

quantitative or qualitative changes

individuals develop at different rates

Nature vs. Nurture

Physical / Biological development

Cognitive Learning Development

Piaget's 4 Developmental stages

Sensorimotor

Preoperational

concrete operations

Formal operations

zone of proximal development

scaffolding

Personal and Social Development

being a community member

fitting in with peers / society

Understanding self

Erikson's 8 stages of development

Moral Development

theory of the mind

heteronomous

autonomous

Kohlberg's Perspective

Ecological Theory

Bronfenbrenner's Theory

Intellectual Abilities and Challenges

Learning for All : Course Document

Inclusive Classroom

Do schools kill creativity? - Ken Robinson

Fluid Intelligence

crystallized intelligence

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

Sternberg's triarchic theory

Special Education

High-incidence exceptionalities

low-incidence exceptionalities

IEP (Individualized Education Program)