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EDU 3306 Principles and Methods of Teaching  Vickie Brown, Instructor Class Meeting Times:  Campus Extension: 135  6:00-8:30 p.m.  Office Location: Fine Arts/Chapel #10 CE 102  Office Hours: M - F 12:30 to 2:30







College Mission Statement Arlington Baptist College endeavors to prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries, both lay and professional, through studies in Bible, general education, church vocations and practical service, integrating faith and learning in the context of a Christian world view

Course Description

Classroom management, teaching aids and methods, preparation of lesson plans, and a study of teacher qualities and classroom duties are treated in this course. Observations in both private and public schools will be scheduled. (Prerequisite: Education major or departmental approval)

Course Goals

As your instructor in this course I will: 1. Help you to understand and define instructional long-range planning. 2. Assist you in recognizing poorly written instructional objectives and provide you with opportunities to write clear, obtainable instructional objectives. 3. Explain the importance of Bloom’s //Taxonomy of Educational Objectives //as it relates to developing skills in effective questioning. 4. Help you to identify and classify teaching concepts according to types. 5. Offer you opportunities to practice interpersonal communication skills necessary in becoming a good communicator. 6. Explain the necessity for differentiating instruction to address academic diversity in the classroom. 7. Discuss the importance and use of the computer and technology in the classroom. 8. Define classroom management and help you understand its relationship to desirable, effective learning environments. 9. Describe for you the four steps of the evaluation process.

10. Give you an opportunity to observe another professional teacher in an environment different from this institution.

Instructional Goals

Upon completion of this course you will be able to: 1. Identify characteristics of effective long-range instructional planning. 2. Write clear, useful instructional objectives. 3. Classify and construct effective classroom questions. 4. Prepare lessons for use in various teaching situations. 5. Discuss the skills, practices, materials used, provision for pupil ideas, individual differences, and evaluation feedback 6. Analyze and discuss various classroom situations to determine the most effective managerial strategy necessary in producing a desired learning environment 7. Describe the four steps of the evaluation process. 8. Discuss creative ideas gleaned from personal observations of various classroom settings. 9. Understand the importance of developing good communication skills as a teacher. 10. See the need for using today’s technological advances in today’s classrooms. 11. Gain insights into the teaching field from observing veteran teachers.

Instructional Objectives

More specifically, upon completion of this course you will be able to: 1. When given a set of instructional objectives, list the skills, practices, materials used, provisions for pupil ideas, individual differences, and evaluation feedback as discussed in the class. 2. Write thirty clear, useful instructional objectives that use clear verbs. 3. Correctly classify twenty-five questions according to Bloom’s //Taxonomy of Educational Objectives //, giving each question a proper designation. 4. Teach a ten-minute lesson to your peers, properly using the "introduction- discussion-closing" format. 5. Define any of the four steps of the evaluation process, with 100% accuracy, giving an example of each step. 6. List numerous ways technology would assist you in your teaching. 7. Write complete, well-planned lesson plans that help meet individual learning needs of students. 8. Write a complete evaluation that compares the skills and characteristics of the teachers you observe with the skills and characteristics of an effective teacher, as discussed in your text.

Course Textbook

Cooper, James M., gen. Ed. //Classroom Teaching Skills. //9thedition. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2011.

Attendance and Participation Each one of you is expected to attend and participate in class activities and discussion. We will be discussing very important information that will serve to benefit you in your teacher education. Therefore, you are allowed to miss ** only one (1) **class sessions before point deduction is applied. For every absence beyond one (1), there will be a ** total of five (5) points **deducted from your final grade.


 * Late Work Policy: Work is due at the beginning of class on the date designated unless otherwise stated by the professor. Late work will not be accepted.***

Projects: 1. Lesson Plan I: Each student will choose a grade level, subject, and topic for a lesson. From this, a lesson plan will be developed following the model on page 41 of the text. The lesson plan is to be typed. //Be prepared to share your lesson model with the instructor and your peers. //

DUE: 1-25-10 POINTS: 5 points 2. Behavioral Objectives: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Each student will write 10 behavioral objectives, 10 Bloom’s Taxonomy objectives and 10 TEKS objectives. **These are to be typed.** //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Be prepared to share your written objectives with your instructor and your peers. //

DUE: 2-01-10 POINTS: 10 points 3. Lesson Plan II: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Each student will choose a grade level, subject, and topic for a lesson. From this, a lesson plan will be developed following the model presented by the instructor. The lesson plan is to be typed. //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Be prepared to share your lesson model with the instructor and your peers. //

DUE: 2-08-10 POINTS: 5 points 4. Read-Aloud Questioning: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Each student will select a short, "modern" children’s picture book to share with the class. You will read the book aloud to your peers and then ask them a set of **six (6)** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">prepared questions using the skills from Chapter 5. The questions are to be based on Bloom’s Six Level Taxonomy. You are to have one question from each level. **The questions are to be typed along with the bibliographical information for the children’s book.** DUE: 2-15-10 POINTS: 15 points 5. Field Experience Journal: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will keep a field experience journal, recording your observations and responses to field activities. Focus questions will guide your responses and will be provided by the instructor. You will turn in a total of **twelve (12)** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">entries. The journal will be shared with your peers and the instructor. **It must be typed and be in a folder with a title page.** DUE: 3-01-10 & 4-05-10 POINTS: 20 points 6. Internet Resource Pack: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Over the course of the semester, as you discover helpful sites on the Internet, you will compile a Resource Pack for yourself. The pack will contain home pages from **thirty (30)** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">informative Internet sites. Ten(10) of your home pages must concern Christian Schools or Home Schools. **You are to print the home pages, use dividers to sort them by categories and place them in a ½" to 1" binder with a title page.** //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Be prepared to share some of your best "discoveries" with your peers and the instructor. //

DUE: 4-12-10 POINTS: 10 points 7. Cooperative Lesson Plan: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Each student will choose a grade level, subject, and topic for a cooperative lesson. From this, a lesson plan will be developed following any of the models presented by the instructor. The lesson plan is to be typed. //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Be prepared to share your lesson model with the instructor and your peers. //

DUE: 4-26-10 POINTS: 5 points 8. Topical Unit of Study: This project will be your final exam in the course. <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">During this course, you have worked your way through the process of becoming a more skilled educator. Therefore, you will plan a unit of study that will include **six (6)** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">curriculum subjects. You will have a **typed, detailed** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">lesson plan for each subject. These will consist of **Bible, reading, math, language, science and history. Your plans are to be in a folder with a title page.** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">On the day of your final you will share your unit plan and **demonstrate an extension activity** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">which is part of one of your subject plans.

DUE: 5-03-10 POINTS: 25 points 9. Class Notes: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">All chapter outlines are to be completed by you during the course of this semester. Class discussion will cover portions of the notes. However, it is your responsibility to complete the remainder of the outlines during your study of the text material. Notes will be due at the beginning of each class session that addresses that topic. The final grade will be assigned at the time of the due date. DUE: 4-26-10 POINTS: 5 points