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Re: Teaching the same class five times a day
Posted by Tom on 9/04/08
Alex,
I agree wholeheartedly with the poster who advocated
teaching students rather than subjects. Yes!
In that vein, I would strongly recommend that you use
student-centered teaching as much as possible. And if you
combine that with assignments that will encourage all
learning modalities to engage, you will REALLY be offering
some gold to your students!
So, yes, if I were lecturing for five periods a day, or
doing the old "Anybody know the answer I want?" during a
class 'discussion' five periods a day, I would be bored out
of my gourd. But the students would be bored as well!!
Mix it up -- short lectures, small groups, projects,
presentations, student-directed films, movies, student-led
discussions, debates, et cetera. The sky is the limit in a
student-centered classroom, and it's SO MUCH MORE ENGAGING
for you and the kids!
All my best,
Tom
On 9/01/08, Alex wrote:
> I just found out I will be teaching the same class five
> times a day (ancient civilizations-renaissance) for world
> history, to ninth graders. (Periods are 40 minutes long)
>
> Does anyone else teach the same thing all day?
>
> I am afraid I will be bored, which means the kids will too.
>
> I am not sure how to mix it up though since we all need to
> be on the same page.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/01/08, by Alex.
- Re: Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/01/08, by teach.
- Re: Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/01/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/01/08, by teach same class or teach five classes-big difference.
- Re: Make each class an opportunity , 9/01/08, by L.Swilley .
- Re: Make each class an opportunity , 9/01/08, by rider.
- Re: Make each class an opportunity , 9/01/08, by ACP.
- Re: Make each class an opportunity , 9/01/08, by another perspective.
- Re: Make each class an opportunity , 9/03/08, by Zhel.
- Re: to ACPRe: Make each class an opportunity , 9/04/08, by rider.
- Re: Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/04/08, by BTrack.
- Re: Teaching the same class five times a day, 9/04/08, by Tom.
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