ANJEPISODES
Episode 1: Principles of Learning
“Teaching without an accompanying experience is like filling a lamp with water. Something has been poured in, but the result is not illuminating”. (William James)
Teaching is a complex, multifaceted activity, often requiring us as instructors to juggle multiple tasks and goals simultaneously and flexibly. The following small but powerful set of principles can make teaching both more effective and more efficient, by helping us create the conditions that support student learning and minimize the need for revising materials, content, and policies. While implementing these principles requires a commitment in time and effort, it often saves time and energy later on.
When we teach, we do not just teach the content, we teach students the content. A variety of student characteristics can affect learning. For example, students’ cultural and generational backgrounds influence how they see the world; disciplinary backgrounds lead students to approach problems in different ways; and students’ prior knowledge (both accurate and inaccurate aspects) shapes new learning. Although we cannot adequately measure all of these characteristics, gathering the most relevant information as early as possible in course planning and continuing to do so during the semester can (a) inform course design (b) help explain student and (c) guide instructional adaptations.
Episode II: Lesson Objectives as my Guiding Star
I have gained the understanding that as a future teacher I must continue to develop an attitude of teaching that the primary considerations in planning class activities and instructions, I must first and foremost focus on developing the lesson objectives.
And in the making of lesson objectives I also have a lot of considerations. First it must be SMART- Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bounded. And most importantly, these objectives must be formulated in such a way that the three domains of learning are
“Teaching without an accompanying experience is like filling a lamp with water. Something has been poured in, but the result is not illuminating”. (William James)
Teaching is a complex, multifaceted activity, often requiring us as instructors to juggle multiple tasks and goals simultaneously and flexibly. The following small but powerful set of principles can make teaching both more effective and more efficient, by helping us create the conditions that support student learning and minimize the need for revising materials, content, and policies. While implementing these principles requires a commitment in time and effort, it often saves time and energy later on.
When we teach, we do not just teach the content, we teach students the content. A variety of student characteristics can affect learning. For example, students’ cultural and generational backgrounds influence how they see the world; disciplinary backgrounds lead students to approach problems in different ways; and students’ prior knowledge (both accurate and inaccurate aspects) shapes new learning. Although we cannot adequately measure all of these characteristics, gathering the most relevant information as early as possible in course planning and continuing to do so during the semester can (a) inform course design (b) help explain student and (c) guide instructional adaptations.
Episode II: Lesson Objectives as my Guiding Star
I have gained the understanding that as a future teacher I must continue to develop an attitude of teaching that the primary considerations in planning class activities and instructions, I must first and foremost focus on developing the lesson objectives.
And in the making of lesson objectives I also have a lot of considerations. First it must be SMART- Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bounded. And most importantly, these objectives must be formulated in such a way that the three domains of learning are