Posted on November 17th, 2004 by
ca92
Motivation involves the processes that energize, direct and sustain behavior–the Holy Grail of learner-centered instruction. Theories on motivation: Behavioral–incentives (positive stimuli like praise or treats), problem of extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation Humanistic–Maslow’s hierarchy (must get certain needs met before others–physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, self-actualization (hard to reach)). not necessarily in that order. Cognitive–major [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2004 by
ca92
Reading: Chall’s developmental stages of reading (stages 0-5); basic-skills-& phonetics approach or whole language approach to reading (some combo of the 2 where kids can blend sounds and segment syllables and recoginze letters but also get whole language instruction works); the more reading you do the better; importance of decoding and comprehending words, constructing meaning [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2004 by
ca92
According to James Rest, dilemma discusiion should facilitate the first 3 of the 4 following abilities: Identification of and sensitivity to moral issues Identification of possible alternatives Selection of alternatives Implementation (successful) of the selected alternative Participants get experience in role-playing different viewpoints, in engaging in dialogue about those differences, and in hearing the opinions/views [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2004 by
ca92
OK, So what I’m getting so far out of Schrader’s Kohlberg article is: Three trains of thought on moral development Romantic–Rousseau, Freud, Neill, etc. kid has natural good particularly (and bad) that should be allowed to come out unsuppressed or distorted; Cultural Transmission–kid should be taught societal values in a pretty authoritarian manner; and Progressive [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2004 by
ca92
Quick notes on the following: Oser: Use of Just community model in German schools. Interesting to note that Oser thinks big difference between American and British implementation and German was AM/Br emphasis on framework of practice and German emphasis on teacher’s commitment to democratic education and reform. Also that the fairly rigidly structured schools in [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2004 by
ca92
I need someplace to store all my thinking on my EDUC 611 class: Educational Psychology as well as all the listservs and blogs I’m reading. Maybe I can maye some sense out of ed. psych., learning theories, social constructivist methods of teaching, active and collaborative learning techniques for library instruction, information literacy/fluency instruction, instructional design [...]
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