Educational strategies encompass various theoretical approaches including cognitive, behavioral, social, and constructivist theories. Traditional behavioral approaches, which rely on strict discipline, have proven less effective compared to strategies that recognize students as complex individuals.
One of the biggest determinants of student achievement = SES
Decolonizing Pedagogy
Intersectionality in Education
Making Instructional Decisions
Make science fun!
Bloom's Taxonomy
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
Stiggins' Targets
Affective
Product
Skills
Reasoning
Knowledge
Planning for the Upcoming School Year
Schwabb's 4 Commonplaces
Student
Environment
Topic
Teacher
Reflective practice: the hallmark of what makes teaching a "profession" and not a "job"
The importance of educational psychology: how do people learn?
Establishing a Positive Learning Environment
"Expectations" over "Rules": I prefer setting up classroom "expectations" rather than laying out "rules" as I believe expectations are more friendly and imply a sense of responsibility for both the students and teacher
Dynamic Classroom Management: Teachers must set up a multifaceted, proactive approach to ensure the classroom is a calm, safe, and welcoming environment for all students
End of School Year
Standardized tests
Teaching to the test
How culturally appropriate are they?
Ongoing debate: How relevant and useful are they?
Individual Differences
Differentiated Instruction: Try to strive for it whenever possible
Intelligence: There are MULTIPLE kinds
Linguistic
Subtopic
Computational
Physical
Emotional/Interpersonal
Individualized Education Plans
Main topic
Knowing that the Students Know
Evaluation = Game Day
Assessment: Guided Practice
Assessment OF Learning
Assessment AS Learning
Formative assessment
Assessment FOR Learning
Cognitive, Behavioural, Social, and Constructivist Theory
Behavioural Approach: Represents the "old school," carrot and stick type classroom/behavioural management approach. In my experience, these are ineffective and treat students as units that are meant to fall in line rather than complex human beings.
Behaviourism: Use of negative reinforcement is less effective than positive reinforcement
Constructivism: Acknowledging that students have their own prior knowledge and preconceptions about how the world works. Relevant for science as these preconceptions may be misconceptions, which are hard to displace with factual information.
E.g. Misconceptions about basics of photosynthesis among MIT graduates