Blog 7_ Ch 9_Idea Illustrator & Rigorous Researcher_Melissa Lochner
Idea Illustrator:
"working memory: they refer to it as a mental place where we juggle several things at once and where, if we try to juggle to many things, one or more things will be dropped (p. 190-191)."
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"Without feedback, you don't know what changes will make you better... (p.193)"
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Videotape your teaching to better your classroom
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Rigorous Researcher:
I felt like I did not know enough about Pedagogical Content Knowledge so I decided to focus my research on that. The idea is that a teacher can't just know the subject, they have to know how to properly teach the subject to the students. Lee Shulman explained it as going "beyond knowledge of the subject matter per se to the dimension of subject matter for teaching (Shulman)."
Another website that did a good job explaining it (if your willing to read a lot) was : https://www.msu.edu/~dugganha/PCK.htm
Shulman, Lee. "Domains : Pedagogical Content Knowledge." The Work of Dr. Lee Shulman. Lee Shulman, 2008. Web. 12 Mar 2011. <http://www.leeshulman.net/domains-pedagogical-content-knowledge.html>.
I enjoy your first picture very much (mostly because it moves!). Also, I get the feeling that most teachers truly feel this way. That they are trying to do everything at once. I know that for me just being a TA I sometimes feel that there is too much going on for me to handle but I do it anyways. As most teachers do.
ReplyDeleteStacey LaFountain
Can I just say that I love your first picture and it is soo so true. Teachers do juggle so many different things its crazy. Most others don't realize how much teachers do do in a day and I think that we must have the most amazing working memories and long term memories ever just to survive a day!!
ReplyDeleteNatalie Gregorski
Girls, you've read my mind! I was fascinated with the first picture! Yet, I also really enjoyed the second. It is so true that when you are a teacher, you don't just sit in a classroom and teach one class. You are constantly doing other things and prioritizing. Teachers have to remember so much and heaven forbid they forget just ONE thing.
ReplyDeleteAlex Pergolizzi