American Association for Teaching

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American Association for Teaching Curriculum

• Fifteenth Annual Conference
• Austin, Texas
• October 9 12, 2008

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Tale of Two Talents How Teachers Prepare for
Class

• Josh Thompson, Ph.D.
• Aggie Stryker, Ed.D.
• Dept. of Curriculum Instruction
• Texas AM University-Commerce

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• How to prepare for class? Each teacher approaches
  the teaching process differently. Some, though
  quite different in their approach, come out with
  remarkably similar results.

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• Participants in this ISSUES AND IDEAS session
  will
• evaluate effective planning within the lesson
  cycle What works?
• analyze contrasting examples of approaches to
  preparation What else, also works?
• synthesize a compendium of approaches What are
  my choices?
• evaluate his or her own approach to planning
  What am I going to do differently? the same? and
  why?

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Shared Attributes

• Teaching content while focusing on
• teaching Students
• Students own their own learning
• Always student centered
• Provide learning experiences
• High ratings from students and peers
• Grades are NOT the goal for learning
• Education is synergy understanding

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Shared Attributes
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Shared Attributes

• Focus on Students
• Students learning
• Student-centered
• Experiences
• High ratings
• Goal learning
• Synergy Understanding

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Seven Facets of Contrast

• Approach
• Procedures
• Atmosphere
• Goals Objectives
• Accountability
• Content
• Class Structure

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1. ApproachAggie Josh
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2. Procedures Design of Learning
ActivitiesAggie Josh
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3. AtmosphereAggie Josh
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4. Goals ObjectivesAggie Josh
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5. AccountabilityAggie Josh
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6. ContentAggie Josh
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7. Class StructureAggie Josh
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Continuum Content Process
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Continuing
Content
Process
Process
Content
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Tale of Two Talents How Teachers Prepare for
Class

• Josh_Thompson_at_tamu-commerce.edu
• Astryker_at_sbcglobal.net
• http//faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/