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Latin mottos, phrases and familiar quotations on 2009-07-15
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Your Profile | Glogster on 2009-07-15
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cooper--why cl is not used on 2009-07-08
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If teachers are taught by the lecture method while at teachers' college, then it
is hardly surprising that this will be the method of choice when their turn
arrives to take over the classroom.
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Teachers need to sell the concept of CL to the students by making clear what the
objectives are and what the benefits will be
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Students feel that the lecture method is "easier" because
they are passive during the class while apparently receiving the necessary
information. In contrast, interactive classes are very intense. The
responsibility for learning is shifted to the student, thus raising the level of
critical thinking by each student
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Collaborative classrooms are student centered
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Collaborative learning skills need to be modelled to
become effective, yet how many administrators run their schools or departments
in a cooperative fashion? Very few meetings are run using collaborative
techniques.
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There is a great deal of comfort in propogating the familiar. At the university
level the preferred pedagogy is the lecture, thus there are few role models for
future teachers who might be interested in using CL methods. Most professors are
more concerned with doing research than with teaching.
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This situation is reflected in their teaching loads compared to graduate student
research supervision. Except within some education departments, very little
research goes on in support of good teaching practices.
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Support and encouragement must come from the highest
policy making and financial boards and from the chief executive at the
institution.
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Teachers must be involved from the start in planning for
CL and throughout the process of implementing CL in their classes. Even though
the initial impetus must come from the top levels of administration, the
development work must be done by the teachers and department level
administrators to guarantee its effectiveness
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Administrators and supervisors should be trained in CL and
group dynamics in order to be able to evaluate it and model it for the teachers.
This goal can be accomplished through seminars, by observing experienced
teachers, by taking courses in CL and through inservice training.
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Teacher training colleges and universities must emphasize CL as the primary
teaching paradigm and hire professors who can teach using CL methodology.
Teachers will follow the same model they were taught by, which explains why the
lecture method is predominant. CL must be modelled in every college class in
order to establish this method in teachers' minds
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Colleges must adopt CL as the primary learning method
in order to encourage secondary and primary teachers to follow suit. Secondary
teachers use the lecture format because they feel they must train their students
to succeed at the college level.
policy #14)
CL must be implemented at all education levels simultaneously. College
professors bemoan the fact that students weren't trained in CL at the secondary
level, high school teachers criticize junior high teachers, who in turn suggest
that primary teachers need to start the process. This situation needs to be
rectified by everyone's beginning to use CL so that eventually students will be
trained from the very beginning of their education. We can't wait 12 years for
the first class to go through the entire process in order for all students to be
versed in CL when they reach college.
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cooper--why cl is not used on 2009-07-08
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The constructivist ideology is foreign to most teachers
who have been trained in the didactic method of lecturing.
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Guiding Readers and Writers (Fountas/Pinnell) - ProTeacher Community on 2009-07-01
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Guiding Readers and Writers (Fountas/Pinnell) - ProTeacher Community on 2009-07-01
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Getting some bang for your professional development buck! - The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution on 2009-06-27
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EduHound's Classroom Tools & Tips :: EduHound's Ed Tech Resource Newsletter - February 5, 2009 on 2009-06-24
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EduHound's Classroom Tools & Tips :: EduHound's Ed Tech Resource Newsletter - April 2, 2009 on 2009-06-24
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Would You Use Twitter With Your Students? | Sue Waters Blog on 2009-06-21
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