Social Learning
Awareness of surroundings
Eyes in the back of your head
all students within your eye sight
What is Jacob Kounin's "With-it-ness"?
Learning as increasing our abilities to participate with others in activities that are meaningful in the culture
What are social constructivists?
•Children are not assigned seats but they can choose and move about in the course of the day
What is a characteristic of the Montessori Classroom?
•Created by external factors
What is extrinsic motivation?
•Activities that are satisfying, rewarding and no incentives needed
What is intrinsic motivation?
Personal, social/environmental and behavioral influences are in constant interaction. They influence each other and are influenced by each other.
What is Bandura's triarchic reciprocal causality?
Student centered teaching; collaborative learning and problem based learning
What are elements of constructivist teaching?
•Hand-on, do science procedures, collect data
What is an example of Inquiry and problem based learning?
•Realization of person’s potential and self-fulfillment
What is self-actualization? (Maslow)
discuss; argue; debate and present
What are examples of problem based learning?
In this theory teachers are viewed as effective managers and should develop positive relationship with their students, provide active and relevant activities.
What is Choice Theory by William Glasser?
he distance between a student’s ability to perform a task under adult guidance and/or with peer collaboration and the student’s ability solving the problem independently.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
•Higher-level reasoning, problem solving, decision making, essay writing, school attendance
What is a positive contribution of collaboration and cooperative learning?
Locus, Stability, controllability
What do students attribute cause of success or failure? (Attribution Theory - Weiner)
•Student is a "doer" rather than an empty vessel
What is the philosophy of Maria Montessori?
In this stage adolescents become independent but it can lead to role confusion or identity crisis
What is Erikson's Psychosocial theory for adolescent development: Identity vs. Role Confusion?
A teacher or coach has a better understanding of fishing and teaches Adam how to fish
What is Vygotsky's "the More Knowledgeable Other"?
•Experience of a problem to solve
•Define problem in concrete terms, data
•Research options, further clarify
•Construct a hypothesis to test
•Test hypothesis, validate ‘truth’ or start over
What are the Learning as Complete Act of Thought by John Dewey?
Task
Authority
Recognition
Grouping
Evaluating
Time
What is Carol Ames' Model of Motivation?
Providing a quiz, exit ticket
What is formative assessment?
Teacher in charge; build positive, trusting relationships with their students; teach appropriate classroom behavior; demand appropriate behavior
What are the characteristics of an "assertive teacher"? (Lee Canter)
•Learning is situated in meaningful context is often deeper and richer than learning in abstract concepts
What is a principle of Montessori Method?
When X defines thinking as mirroring the scientific method, limits it to only part of man’s total experience. Thinking occurs in response to a problematic situation that can only be solved through empirical problem solving.
What is a limitation of the John Dewey approach?
direct attention; energize effort; increase persistence; promote the development of new Knowledge
Why is goal setting important in education?
Discuss the dangers of "crafting" an identity; provide feedback to students on their work; provide different models for students
What are ways in which teachers may encourage identity formation in their students?