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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Moral Standards
Module 8’s readings were on morals in the classroom. The topic that surrounds our readings was whether or not morals can be “taught” or are they just “caught”. Russell Kirk wrote a piece entitled “Can Morals be Taught” in which … Continue reading
Learner-Centered Instructional Model
Module 7 took a turn this week. We ventured into a territory that has controversy surrounding it. In our Models of Teaching text chapter 10 discusses “Role Playing”. This idea is a learner-centered instructional model, which focuses not so much … Continue reading
Cooperative Learning
Module 6 consisted of reading on collaboration/cooperative learning. Chapter nine in Models of Teaching and John Dewey’s essay “My Pedagogic Creed” were our readings this week. I found the cooperative learning strategy to be a wonderful way to include as … Continue reading
Advance Organizer as Instructional Strategy
The two reading for this week’s module were a chapter from our D&D text (Models of Teaching) and David P. Ausubel’s The Nature and Use of Organizers. The concept that these readings was based on was the use of Advance … Continue reading
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