Thursday, April 10, 2008

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
1. describe the knowledge and experience required to become a teacher.
2. assess and reflect on personal learning skills.
3. describe how a teacher communicates class content.

Agenda:
1. Warm-up: If a person thinks that they want to pursue a career in teaching, what kind of work or volunteer experience should they have? Write three things.
2. Today’s Vocabulary:
a. Instruction: the methods that a teacher uses to cover the content o f the class; can be reading, lecturing, projects, hands-on, or experiments

3. Today’s Notes:
If a person wants to become a teacher, they should have:
a. knowledge of self (their personal strengths)
b. knowledge of students (how kids behave)
c. know the subject they teach
d. know educational theory (how kids learn)

4. Question for discussion: If you had to be a teacher, what subject would you choose to teach and why?

5. On-line Learning Styles Quizzes:
http://homeworktips.about.com/library/quizzes/bl_lstylequiz1.htm
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Students will take these quizzes and reflect on the results.

Homework: There is no homework for this class tonight.