Teaching In The Classroom
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Dianne Said:
I am thinking of becoming a teaching/classroom assistant.?We Answered:
Let me answer this with a question - How exactly are Poland and Nigeria similar? This is the assumption you make in your question - I believe this is an unfair argument - and racist at that.Mitchell Said:
How did classroom teaching as we see now evolve?We Answered:
Once free, compulsory education became the law of the land, there had to be places where one teacher could teach a large number of students. But "as we see now" is not all that similar to what started. Originally, small towns had a "one-room schoolhouse," often literally, or at least only one classroom. One teacher taught 6 or even 8 grades. Clearly, the older students taught the younger ones a good bit of the time. There is not very much a teacher can do with all of them, at their different stages of learning, listening to the same lecture. Still, when it did happen, the same lecture was probably repeated each year, and so the younger ones heard it again when they could understand better.The reasons are purely economic: you need fewer teachers. But the irony is that nowadays, there are often two or three adults in a classroom. There's the teacher and one or more teaching assistants. So if three teachers were hired instead, they could have three smaller classes. Of course, with the teacher's union, the cost of three teachers is prohibitive.
Wallace Said:
Teaching Resources for GED learner?We Answered:
http://steckvaughn.harcourtachieve.com/e… - I'm not fully sure if that will quitely help.Jessie Said:
What do college/university professors do when they're not in the classroom teaching?We Answered:
Assuming a 3/3 courseload (average), we only spend about 9 hours a week in the classroom. However, we are not merely teachers. We are scholars/researchers, and we are administrators.As part of our job, we must:
- publish constantly, by researching, writing, preparing and submitting book reviews, scholarly articles, and books to journals and publishers
- read constantly in order to keep up with new developments in our field (both books and scholarly journals)
- present at conferences once or twice a year, which involves researching, writing, and submitting about 4 proposals annually
- prepare new courses, and update old courses, as departments are constantly undergoing curriculum review
- participate in pedagogical workshops
- serve on national, university, and department committees
- submit reams of paperwork to university administration for every single thing we do, including grades, course changes, curriculum change, departmental review and benchmarking, etc.
Those of us who are also directors of undergraduate or graduate studies or department chairs also have increased administrative duties, which I will not detail here.
As I tell my students who are interested in becoming university professors, the greatest thing about being a professor is the time flexibility -- you can work any 70 hours a week you want.
My time usually divides up like this:
9 hours/week in the classroom
8-10 hours/week class prep/course revision
15-20 hours/week research/reading
10-15 hours/week writing
8 hours/week committees/workshops/lectures
7 hours/week meeting with students/grading
5 hours/week administering the graduate program I direct
Oh, and summers? I teach two courses, work with graduate students on their theses, do graduate student recruitment and graduate program administration, and do research and write, write, write.
Dean Said:
Classroom rules chart in a preschool setting: What works?We Answered:
I always think that photos of the kids doing what I want them to be doing work well. Think about the kinds of rules you have. Do you have one about being nice to each other? Take a picture of 2 kids holding hands and write "We are friends," under it. What about sharing? Take a picture of a child sharing with another. Or for safety rules outside take a picture of a child riding a bike in the correct area or going down the slide and write, "We play safe," under it. Kids love to see pictures of themselves and when you do put together the chart, share it with them and discuss the rules. Then hang it up and refer to it whenever necessary.Lorraine Said:
Where can I buy or order items for a classroom teaching Turkish?We Answered:
Hmm, my school doesn't have a Turkish program (although that's awesome), but I'm married to a Turk and have been working on learning the language myself.Are you in the US? You miiiight have some luck at Tulumba (www.tulumba.com). Also, I'm not sure if it's in your budget, but the Rosetta Stone series is pretty good for Turkish. Good luck!