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Week 1 (Jan.23, 2007)

Week 1 (Jan.23, 2007). Agenda for today Learning community building Course overview Next week. Top 10 reasons why taking EDU651. Reason 1: I have to Reason 2: I have to … … Reason 10: I have to … … Gee, do I have to!!!. Wish List. Get an A if not an A+ No stress No readings.

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Week 1 (Jan.23, 2007)

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  1. Week 1 (Jan.23, 2007) Agenda for today Learning community building Course overview Next week

  2. Top 10 reasons why taking EDU651 • Reason 1: I have to • Reason 2: I have to • … … • Reason 10: I have to … … Gee, do I have to!!!

  3. Wish List • Get an A if not an A+ • No stress • No readings. • No lectures… • Writing? Tell me what to write and show me how, or you write it for me

  4. Why this course

  5. My Teaching Philosophy

  6. What do I believeThe goals of College Education • Broaden students’ intellectual horizons • Provide a moral compass • Develop critical thinking • Develop both hubris and humility • knowledge and skills to earn a living • Promote character and integrity

  7. Why this course Asking questions about education in general Asking questions about your own classroom teaching in specific Brainstorming…

  8. Hot Topics • School Homework? • Constructivism? • High-Stakes Assessments? • Full Inclusion of Disabled Students? • Computers • Home Schooling • Bulling, school Violence, Zero-Tolerance Policy?

  9. My Teaching Philosophy • I strongly believe the social-cultural perspectives of learning. Instruction is more effective when it takes form in discussions or dialogues in small groups wherein learners interact with peers and teachers who challenge, support, and scaffold their learning. • I expect you participate in both small group discussion and whole class discussion.

  10. My Teaching Philosophy (cont.) • I measure the value of a student not by aptitude, but by a desire and motivation for learning. • I measure my success not by popularity, but by the progress of my serious students. I will consider myself a successful teacher if these students know that they are more knowledgeable and better thinkers because they have taken my course.

  11. Developing a Goose Sense of Community • The Goose Story

  12. This springwhen you see geeseheading north for the summerflying along in a "V" formation, youmight be interested in knowing what sciencehas discovered about why they fly that way. Ithas been learned that as each bird flaps itswings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediatelyfollowing. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.

  13. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

  14. Whenevera goose falls outof formation, it suddenlyfeels the drag and resistanceof trying to go it alone, and quicklygets into formation to take advantage of thelifting power of the bird immediately in front. (Ifwe have as much sense as a goose, we will stayin formation with those who are headed thesame way we are going.) When the lead goosegets tired, she rotates back in the wing andanother goose flies point. (It pays to take turnsdoing hard jobs - with people or with geeseflying north.) The geese honk from behind toencourage those up front to keep up theirspeed. (What do we say when we honk frombehind?)

  15. Finally(Now I wantyou to get this),when a goose gets sick,or is wounded by gun shotsand falls out, two geese fall out offormation and follow him down to help andprotect him. They stay with him until he is eitherable to fly or until he is dead, and then theylaunch out on their own or with anotherformation to catch up with the group. (If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.)

  16. Classroom Guidelines and Expectations • Bring with you a positive attitude and enthusiasm to the class every Tuesday evening. • Be punctual (3 points bonus). • Refrain from side-conversation.

  17. Shufang Shi Homepage http://web.cortland.edu/shis EDU651 Course Websitehttp://web.cortland.edu/shis/651

  18. Course Overview • Syllabus • Outcomes: EDU652 Master Theses and EDU651 Research Proposal • Assignments and Due dates

  19. For next week • Lib time and WebCT • Bring one article • Post a bio on WebCT next Tues.

  20. Bio posted to WebCT • Your full name, where are you from? Your major. • Where do you teach or substitute teach or work? • Who are the significant others in your life? (Pets are people too) • Your strong point and weak point

  21. Readings for next two weeks

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