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Discover five essential phases to improve your teaching practices and engage diverse learners effectively. Start with detailed planning, ensuring your content correlates with key points and textbook material. Organize your lessons using an engaging structure: tell them what you'll say, say it, and recap. Develop a unique style for presenting information, leading discussions, and managing student questions. Finally, focus on delivery and presentation techniques, utilizing technology and visual aids. Reflect on each class to refine your approach continually. Prepare, reflect, and excel!
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Good Teaching Practices • • Dr. ShivanthiAnandan • Associate Professor • Department of Biology • • Dr. Alexander Friedlander • Associate Dean, CoAS • Department of Culture and Communication
Five phases • Planning your content • Arranging your material • Creating Effective Style • Preparing your Delivery • Presenting the material
1. Planning your content • prepare ahead of time • read textbook • correlate with lecture • identify key points • consider diversity of learners andways of learning • prepare notes
2. Arranging your material • * tell them what you are going to say * say it* tell them what you said • decide on how to break up class time • lecture/small group work/ discussions • chunk activities • avoid solid lecturing
3. Creating Effective Style:How should you present information?s • how do you start a class? • how do you end a class? • how do you lead a discussion? • how do you deal with studentquestions?
4 + 5: Preparing your Delivery and Presenting your material • directing students' attention • using your voice • using the physical classroom space • chalk board • physical space (not anchored to one spot) • using notes and visuals including computer, overhead, or handouts • managing your time • dealing with events thatbreak your structure? * technology and students
To be effective For the course • create a syllabus with clear policies • Develop grading policies • Ensure academic integrity • Ensure consistency
To be effective (cont) For yourself • Allow time for the 5 phases above • After each class • take time to reflect and write out notes for yourself about what worked and what did not • note what you said you would do (eg in answering student questions) and note what you still have to do next time
ABOVE ALL • PREPARE! • REFLECT! • PREPARE!