How to make your class hall talk

Creating a learning environment that students want to come back to is a challenge that educators face.  It is not so much that the content being taught is boring and not worthwhile, but the way it is being conveyed to students is not intriguing to them.  Like the worm a fisherman puts on his/her hook to catch a fish.  A teacher must find that type of worm or bait to lure students into the information and end up learning something from it.  Teachers must always be accessing what is working for them and what is not.  After our second weekly reading here are some key points I picked up from it…

To start things off with there are three domains of learning Cognitive, psychomotor, and affective.

·         Cognitive behavior deals with facts, knowledge, and concepts.

 

·         Psychomotor behavior deals with using your mind and motor skills ex. Hands on experiences.  However, this cannot be accomplished without cognitive understanding.

 

·         Affective behavior relates to attitudes, values, and aesthetic.

 

How do you have that awesome class?

 

·         Instructional objectives have to be sound, clear, and concise.  Like concrete for a building or sidewalk.  Much planning and preparation must go into it before anyone can think about using the building as a working space or walking on that sidewalk.

 

 

·         Setting objectives help define and limit the scope of the problem area.  It greatly assists teachers in what is needed to know and what would just be nice to know.

 

·         Objectives help lay the sequence out in which the way content will be taught.  By choosing to do this, students can build off of skills previously comprehended.

 

·         Teachers must know where they are going and how they plan on getting there.  Kind of like a trip across nation.

·         The major focus of writing instructional objectives includes specifying observable (measurable) behaviors.

·         By using action verbs this can successfully be done.

·         Having an interest approach is vital!

·         This creates a desire for students to want to learn more about the specified topic.

·         Use interest approaches that relate to students you have in your classes.

·         Engaging lessons make for an enjoyable teaching and learning experience.

·         To actually be engaging it requires planning, preparation, and presentation.

 

You must bring enthusiasm to every lesson you teach!

Dave Burgess says “It doesn’t matter how much material you teach, it only matters how much is received.”  I strongly agree with this statement.

Transitions are highly important when conveying content and ideas some examples are…

Having the projector already on

Video clips already uploaded

Finally, Success relies on your attitude!