Week fifteen reflections and thoughts

Thanks for a great course everybody! Good luck on the exam! Please post reflections for week fifteen here, Thanks, Dr. Andy

An idea of Loyal's

This is an idea for a concept of cooperative teaching, which Loyal has been working with that he has asked for feedback on. Perhaps some of you have some ideas. We will spend some time on this in class tonight. I would like him to tell us what some of his acronyms mean in this peice as well. Dr. Andy

Here is the text of the idea in Loyal's own words:


Cooperative Education

In Education we have the method called cooperative learning. Is it possible that we also have cooperative teaching as well a cooperative education? The author of this document has such a dream. The following ideas is how this would look. This dream would seek first to work this out amongst Christian schools. For the ethos of Christianity should lead Christian to desire this. For this dream is based on a concept that schools belong and are a part of the community – not a business. This is a central teaching in both Old and New Testaments.

What would be the goals?
Cooperative Curriculum Development
 Bible based
 Thailand adapted
 mulch-cultural
 English based

Cooperative Teacher Coaching
 send new teachers to work a day with experienced teachers either inn the sake school or in one of the cooperative schools.
 Trade a teacher for a day

Cooperative Subject Focus Groups
 meet once a month to share ideas and discus problems about teaching that subject
 a parent should be in these groups preferably one who has a degree in that subject. Parents hearing problems can be a source of understanding and maybe find creative ways for parents to help.

Cooperative website
 blog by subject
 worksheets by subject
 SNOT system of files connected to lesson planer schools can use
 Lesson plan sharing by subject
 Lesson plan think tank by subject – when trying to get an idea a place to suggest and request – or share unfinished ideas to others to cooperatively work on.
 Educational concerns by topic
 Cooperative Bookmarks by subject
 follows SNOT
 in html so all bowzers can read
 has format of link with description (use dt/dd commands)
 linux news for teachers


Cooperative PTA
Parents world
1. how2 help kids by subject
2. how2 help teachers by subject
3. how to help school development
Students World
1. how2 teachers help students learn
2. how2 parents help students learn
Teacher world
1. how 2 parents help teachers
2. how2 students help teachers

Loyal's reflections

Here are Loyal's reflections, please have a look at them when you get a moment. There is a lot of good material here; plus he looks at and comments on the ideas and reflections of others so it is a good overview of a lot of what we have been doing these past several months. God Bless you all. Dr. Andy

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b36fhha/n/drandy_reflection_master_loyal.doc

Truly Quotable!

"I enjoy teaching the most when I see my students enjoy learning in my class. I believe that learning becomes more meaningful if students enjoy the process of learning. Of course, results of learning, such as exam marks and quiz scores, are important, but learning only for test scores will not produce any joy in learning. When I teach, I often wonder how I can get my students to enjoy the learning process itself and not to study only for exams. As a teacher, I would like my students to find enjoyment, satisfaction, a sense of achievement, or any positive feelings when they learn. I believe that cooperative learning is one way to achieve this goal. Cooperative learning is one of the excellent student-centered approaches, which is based on a social constructivist view, and this teaching method becomes more effective when certain conditions are met and structures are well implemented." (Chie Katsuda, 2010)

Final Exam

List of topics selected:
(1) Western Philosophy of Education
(2) Eastern Philosophy of Education
(3) Culture and Education
(4) Teaching Practices (Postman and Stephenson)
(5) Differentiation
(6) Standards Based Education
(7) Curriculum
(8) School Improvement
(9) International Education
(10) Educational Leadership
(11) The Global Classroom

Week fourteen reflections and thoughts

Pelase post reflections for week fourteen here, Thanks, Dr. Andy

Reflections from Mr. Poramatdha Chutimant

Please note the enclosed link with Mr. Poramatdha Chutimant's reflections. It would be good for as many of you as possible to review and comment on the work. You may count this as one of your ten reflections if you wish. Thanks, Dr. Andy

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b33bfch/n/Dr.Andy-Reflection_papers.doc

Week thirteen reflections and thoughts

Please post reflections for week thirteen here, Thanks, Dr. Andy