Instructional Theories & Applications

Public

Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Fraternidad Magdongon

Solving student tardiness

It is best to check attendance at the beginning of the class period. A student should also be made to know that whether he/she is not in class yet, the class will start and that he/she is responsible for what he/she has missed. Lastly, any homework is to be collected at the beginning of the class period.

Fraternidad Magdongon

Class activities

There are many class activities that can generate critical thinking, such as brainstorming, group presentations, peer editing. When students ask each others how they can organize the presentation, what devices they can use to enhance their presentation, when they go over each others writing assignments, discuss their recommendations for correction- all these give students the opportunities to reason, to question, and to make judgments. The instructor has to make sure though that everybody in the group participates in the planning and in the discussions.

Arthur Klobucar CHEP

retention

Having a book in front of you and a power point can help you but there are various additions that prove useful. Having hard parts that they can pass around as well as drawing specific systems in the board and having them copy them aids in the understanding and retention of the topic.

Bernie Ballick CHEP

Public Opinion

In one of our intro classes I have a project where the student must give their opinion on a current subject.. IE. ObamaCare.... Then we form up groups based on their current bias. They must research the item with 5 facts that are opposite of their current opinion that they did not know before they did the research. It's used as a thought provoking discussion of how they form opinions on what is not necessarily all the required information.

brenda hailey

support

supporting the students mental is very importing you never know who you are helping out with your support

brenda hailey

testing

pretesting allows you to know where your students are at

brenda hailey

training

i like the training part of this session it allows you to test on the things that was taught

brenda hailey

thinking

I really like the thinking break and how your brain need a break to regroup

Oscar Ware CHEP

Essential Task of the Educator

The essential task of the educator is to arrange conditions of the learnerâ€™s environment so that processes of learning will be activated, supported, enhanced, and maintained.â€ Also, the instructor must be able to demonstrate considerable knowledge of the principles and methodologies of effective teaching and learning with demonstrated experiences in sharing that knowledge with colleagues through formal and informal professional learning activities.

Gary Petersen

Self-Directed Learning

What are some ways to introduce more self-directed learning activities into the classroom environment?

david hatch

Kolb and the Whole Brain Theory

Kolb provided us with insight into the different types of personality. He created a four-quadrant model as well; including ways we sense, perceive and respond to external stimuli. He thought there were Thinkers, Watchers, Feelers and Doers. In my psych class I ask the class to write down which combination(s) they are and then do an inventory to see if there responses match their notions of their personality. It got me thinking, how much of what theorists assign to the left brain or right brain might be more of a process of the mind i.e. the development of the personality… >>>

Frank Gray

Urgency

I find when dealing with adult students they want to get to the core of the subject matter. They want cut through the fluff and get to the point.

Tasia VanderVegt

Personal Problem Solving

One of the best methods I have found with helping student begin to think critically and be reflective thinkers is to have them work through a problem-solving method using a problem they are having in their own lives. I think this helps them connect with the concept and allows them to see the value of the process outside of the classroom setting.

Michael Wynne