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The Secrets of 21 st Century Teaching Merging the Strategies of the Past, Present and Future. Marianne Douglas. Actual Rules for Teachers ( circa 1915). 1. You will not marry during the term of your contract. 2. You are not to keep company with men.
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The Secrets of 21stCentury Teaching Merging the Strategies of the Past, Present and Future Marianne Douglas
Actual Rules for Teachers(circa 1915) 1. You will not marry during the term of your contract. 2. You are not to keep company with men. 3. You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school function. 4. Your dresses must be not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle. 5. You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of the (school) board.
6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your father or brother. 7. You may not dress in bright colors. 8. You may under no circumstances dye your hair. 9. You must wear at least two petticoats. 10. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores. From: webenglishteacher.com/teacher.html
Questionnaire for Rural School TeachersFrom Public Schools of Wayne County, PA 1917 1. Is the welfare of your school your first concern? 2. Do you make daily preparation for teaching? 3. Are you interested in the general welfare of your pupils? 4. Are you making an effort to become acquainted with your patrons? 5. Do you subscribe for and read an up-to-date teachers' magazine? 6. Are you in the habit of reading a good text on Methods and School Management?
7. Do you talk school matters with your associates and co-workers? 8. Do you look after the sanitary conditions of your school property? 9. Do you allow pupils to litter the school room and grounds with waste paper, apple cores, etc.? 10. Do you allow dust to accumulate in the nooks and corners of your school room? 11. Do you throw the ashes in a heap in front of the school house? 12. Do you know how to build a fire and keep a school room in a comfortable condition?
13. Do you inspire your pupils to read good books? 14. Are you interested in rural life? 15. Are you optimistic? 16. Are you making an attempt to instill in the minds of the pupils local pride and local patriotism? http://www.rileyville.com/PioneerTeachers.html
Industrial Age • Training students for industry • Summers off for working in the fields • Want obedient students • Don’t want independent thinkers • High drop out rates • Respond to factory like bell
“Many of our young people have been so soured by their experience in today’s classrooms that the joy of learning has all but died for a lifetime.” Dr. Laurence Martel “The 7 Secrets of Learning Revealed: What Your Teacher Never Taught Your Because Your Teacher Never Knew”
Reasons that kids are bored • Entertainment driven world and teachers aren’t trained to be entertainers • Students used to instant gratification • Shorter attention spans • Students have more personal problems • Students have world problems on their plate
Information Age • Invention of television, internet, iPod, cell phones • made us entertainment oriented • facts not as important • boredom becomes even more prevalent • addicted to media • overabundance of negative news • media tool used instead of problem solving and decision making skills
“You let those kids play all those computer and videotronic games and after that, school is just boring to them. It’s just an old lady talking.” Marie Barone, “Everybody Loves Raymond”
We speak 175 – 200 words per minute We process 600 – 800 words per minute GAP = Boredom Zone
“The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.” Carter G. Woodson
Future in education What kind of citizens/employees do we want? How do we prepare ourselves for and cope with the developing technology?
The iPhone How will it manifest itself in your classroom?
Six innovations from the last 10 years that have upended industries, unseated established players, and changed the way we think, act, and do business today. AOL small business June 29, 2007
Google How has it changed the way you teach?
The BlackBerry: The Modern Homewrecker Students might not have actual blackberries but they certainly have cell phones. Wonder if their parents had this kind of technology? And how it may have affected the relationship with their children….
iPod Any chance these have affected teaching and learning??
Facebook: • Power Networking And of course…the ever present MySpace
YouTube: • ITube, YouTube, We All Tube How might this effect teaching? How could this invention add to learning?
Wii: • Wii Like It Very Much And PlayStation And Xbox…. And so on…
“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” Proverb
The Conceptual Age Daniel Pink’s view of the future • The future needs well developed right brained thinkers • Asia • Automation • Abundance • We need the courses and methods that are often neglected in schools, the ones that are often labeled ‘touchy-feely’, as well as the more traditional subjects.
“The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods.” Margaret Mead
So what do we do to engage, inspire and educate our students to meet the challenges of a very different future? From “101 Tips for Teachers”
Kids still need a broad education They need to learn in a variety of ways Kids are still kids They have the same human needs
Six Human Needs Go P.L.A.C.E.S. when you know what you need(as used in my leadership/success program P = People(let kids work together often) L = Learning(help them with various ways to learn and with reasons to do so that relate to all areas of their lives, not just school) A = Attention(find ways to get each student the attention he needs) C = Charity(find ways to incorporate charitable projects with all academies) E – Excitement(fill the class with surprises) S – Security(create a safe classroom)
Pay attention to what the world considers important and use it to aid teaching rather than treating it as the enemy
Entertain “Good teaching is one fourth preparation and three fourths theatre.” Gail Godwin
Have fun “What we learn with pleasure we can never forget.” Louis Mercier
“When positive emotions and joy are brought into the rational process, downshifting to the R-complex part of the brain (the fight/flight part of the brain) does not take place. The sullen, bored, and anxious student who seeks to flee from school can become an obsolete experience in an enlightened school.” Dr. Laurence Martel
Use Props “ A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience’s attention. Then he can teach his lesson.” Hendrik John Clarke
Use music “A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.” Elbert Hubbard
Use Activities “You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” Marvin Minsky
“The importance and need for rich sensory and hands-on learning continues throughout our lives. However, many of our educational practices derive from the unexamined assumption that people will learn best if given lots of information in either lecture or two-dimensional written form. We have only to look at the glazed eyes and vacant stares of students in a lecture hall or classroom to know that this is a belief that needs to be abandoned.” Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.
Be consistent • Monitor negativity • Follow Southwest Airlines policy • Be kind and expect the best • Kids learn in safe environment Dr. Laurence Martel
Remember that they lead very different lives than baby - boomers and Gen X-ers • Disasters like 9/11, tsunamis, internet headlines, personal issues • More solutions leads to greater expectations • Notice how your attention span has changed • Remember what’s it’s like not to know
People are using technology to connect • Text messaging • Blogging • MySpace • Panera • TV shows want us to vote and text in • Greet them at the door • Share yourself with them
Not everyone going to college • Millionaire next door • Angus…RI student • Entrepreneurs, hands on people, designers, craftsmen • Read about successful people
Education is one of the most challenging and most important jobs We need teachers with vision, heart, …and stamina The more strategies you add to the classroom the easier teaching gets. But add them gradually…
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