Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
a. consider the economics of education.
b. compare and contrast different types of learning.

Agenda:
1. Warm-up: Students should answer the following questions in their notebooks and share answers for EC: Do you think that students should get paid for coming to school? Why or why not? If so, what is a fair wage? Who will pay you?

2. Warm-up part 2: Students should answer the following questions in their notebooks and share answers for EC: If school is a job for kids, should they be able to be fired if they fail? Why or why not? If so, where would they go?

3. Today’s Vocabulary:
a. teacher-centered learning: the teacher leads the class and what the students learn via lecture, reading, and note-taking
b. student-centered learning: the students lead the class via group discussion and group projects, also called constructivism

4. Questions to answer and discuss (and some notes): Teachers are paid based on how long they have been teaching and NOT on whether they are good teachers or not. This is quantity versus quality. Do you think this is fair? Why or why not? Should teachers be paid based on the performance of their students? Why or why not? Assuming they do, how should that work? How much do you think that the average teacher makes? Should a teacher get paid more depending on the subject that they teach?

Homework: There is no homework assigned for this class tonight.