Home    Links   Topic 1   Topic 2    Topic 3   Topic 4     Topic 5   Topic 6 Topic 7 INTRODUCTION "Good teaching begins long before the first day of class!   Topic 1: Pedagogy    (1)  Introduction and overview (2)  Pedagogy - what is it? see handout of definitions  [pdf] distributed in class (3) A Framework for Teaching:  A Model for Instructional Design  [pdf] distributed in class (4)  Introductory overview of various pedagogical philosophies and approaches:		authoritarian vs. constructivist models
	traditional content delivery vs. inquiry-based
	teacher-centered vs. learner-centered
	lecture-based vs. hands-on/active-learning

- Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education  [pdf] distributed in class

Follow-up Readings & Webpage for today's topics:

Visit  the "Moodle" Site for an overview of the constuctivist philosophy of learning:  http://moodle.org/doc/?frame=philosophy.html )

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.

 

 Read:   Got Teaching? A Student Perspective on Effective Teaching at UA   [pdf]
This is a report on a student project completed for Dr. Nancy Huber's Fall 2003 AED 403/503 Collaborative Leadership course)

(5)  Learning Styles and Cognitive Skills     Corresponding handout  [pdf] distributed in class

- Overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy, critical thinking and problem solving

- Survey of different models/studies on learning styles

 

The following assigned readings will "flesh out" the concepts summarized in the pdf handouts above. 

Please read them in preparation for next week's class:

 

On Learning Styles:

 

- Read:   Felder, R.M. Matters of Style  [pdf]  
                     also at: http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm

- Browse:   Wikipedia's (!) pretty good summary of Learning Styles

 

On Cognitive Development and Critical Thinking Skills

 

- Browse webpages on: Bloom’s Taxonomy at these URLS, or others you find on your own:

            http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html

            http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/bloom.html
            http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

 

- Read: Lynch, C.L. Wolcott, S.K.(2001)  Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills [pdf]    See also: http://www.wolcottlynch.com/ for more ideas and information about the authors of this paper.

 

Follow-up Exercise ( to be assigned next week; but you can do now if you like!)

 

==>  Complete the Learning Style Assessment under “Self-Assessments” at the UA Think Tank website: http://thinktank.arizona.edu/resources/selfassesment/learning_style
 

==>  Complete this Learning Style Inventory based on David Kolb's Model (you'll have to click on Enter Profile and fill out at #13 to get access to the survey)
 

==>  Complete the indicators on this page from Richard Felder and browse its contents:  

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