| COURSE NUMBER: |
EDUC 310 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Strategies for Teaching and Learning in Secondary
Education |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr Darlene Eerkes |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3 (3-0-0) |
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
This is an introductory course on skill development in
basic teaching and learning at the secondary level (primarily junior
high). The course will focus on appropriate pedagogy, curriculum
planning, classroom management. Special attention will be paid to
assessment strategies for these age groups in relation to the Alberta
Teaching Quality Standard.
This course is open only to students in the B.Ed. (AD) Secondary Program
|
| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
Larson, B. E. & Keiper, T. A. (2013). Instructional strategies for middle and high school. (2nd Ed.) London: Routledge. |
| MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
|
| Weekly reflections |
25% |
| Lesson plans: Lecture | 10% | | Lesson plans: Question script | 10% | | Lesson plans: Cooperative learning | 10% | | Demonstration teaching: Concept attainment | 10% | | Demonstration teaching: Individual lesson and demonstration of teaching | 20% |
| Final Paper or Product | 15% |
|
100% |
|
| COURSE
OBJECTIVES: |
This
course prepares pre-service teachers to intentionally choose effective
learning strategies in their teaching environment. Understanding
different strategies and how these yield different ways of thinking and
learning provides teachers with the educational skills necessary to
reflect who they believe their students are, what they believe is the
purpose of education or how they think learning should happen. Students will be enabled to
- Respond to characteristics of learners at the junior and senior high levels
- Demonstrate how instructional strategies differ in lesson planning and reflection.
- Design and manage learning environments as learning communities
- Make strategic choices in curricular planning and resource selection
- Understand and implement a range of teaching, learning and assessment strategies
- Reflect meaningfully on their learning.
|
| COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Lesson 1 (September 12) The Classroom Learning Community (Chapter 1, pp. 3 - 39)
- Lesson 2 (September 19) Lesson Planning (Chapter 4b, pp. 110-122)
- Lesson 3 (September 26) Lecture/Interactive Presentation (Chapter 5, pp. 126 - 148)
- Lesson 4 (October 3) Day of Student Presentations on Interactive lessons
- Lesson 5 (October 17) Questioning (Chapter 6, pp. 149 - 172)
- Lesson 6 (October 24) Concept Attainment (Chapter 7, pp. 173 - 194)
- Lesson 7 (October 31) Student Demonstration Teaching on Concept Attainment
- Lesson 8 (November 7) Cooperative Learning (Chapter 8, pp. 195 – 222)
- Lesson 9 (November 14) Drama Strategies (Chapter 9, pp. 223 – 245)
- Lesson 10 (November 21) Discussion and Debate (Chapter 10, pp. 246 – 273)
- Lesson 11 (November 28) Student Directed Investigation and Learning (Chapter 11, pp. 274 – 297)
- Lesson 12 (December 5) Student Demonstration Teaching (Carousel strategy) + Wrap up course
|
THE KING'S UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE