tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776463.post6126875113216659745..comments2023-06-30T08:02:25.644-07:00Comments on Reflections on Teaching: getting started (Again) for the second timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776463.post-67737635349191588952007-08-08T11:41:00.000-07:002007-08-08T11:41:00.000-07:00Pre-teaching does a couple of things: provides a s...Pre-teaching does a couple of things: provides a semblance of structure to the course; front-loads questions for the next class; and counts as another impression or iteration of content. I like to include my learning objectives for the next class as a form of motivation.<BR/><BR/>Good discussion.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.adjunctprofessoronline.com" REL="nofollow">adjunctProfessorOnline</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776463.post-63710647620379833582007-08-07T14:41:00.000-07:002007-08-07T14:41:00.000-07:00Pre-teaching is not a headline for the class, it i...Pre-teaching is not a headline for the class, it is a preview of coming attractions. Like reading before class, it helps provide the hook that the new material will hang on. Showing how it fits into your "map" is another way to do this. <BR/><BR/>One other suggestion about writing: Make contacts elsewhere in the college. A CC is not like a university, with each sub-discipline in its own tower so that even different branches of physics might only see each other once a week, if that. Seek out the writing instructors for ideas on getting their writing organized. That is where Dr. Crazy is coming from. <BR/><BR/>You might also collect info from your students on their previous english classes. Our hum classes have 2 sem of english as a pre-req, but yours might not require any college writing. Big difference.Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776463.post-62611882785844510412007-08-06T19:45:00.000-07:002007-08-06T19:45:00.000-07:00pre teaching, that is a new term for me. It is a ...pre teaching, that is a new term for me. It is a great example though. I suppose then my challenge is just coming up with some interesting headlines. When possible I like to try to include some pop culture references since so often they have their roots in art history. That might be a good way to bring those together.<BR/><BR/>An interesting article, I think my response will have to be its own post.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077665510869484104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776463.post-56965999040785208402007-08-06T18:38:00.000-07:002007-08-06T18:38:00.000-07:00Thanks for the positive comments on my blog about ...Thanks for the positive comments on my blog about new teachers. I'm getting started for the Nth time, but still looking at some of those things you are talking about. Telling them where you are going (a name for it is "pre teaching") is an important tool. For example:<BR/><BR/>"Next week we will look at the sudden appearance of perspective in western art. (compare picture from 1400 to one from 1500) Did you know that europeans learned about geometry and optics from Iraq, by way of Spain? Take a look at Chapter ... over the weekend."<BR/><BR/>On writing: Here is a link to an <A HREF="http://doctorpion.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-on-close-reading-thanks-dr-crazy.html" REL="nofollow">article from last spring</A> that will take you to an earlier one of mine, several of Dr. Crazy's (english prof), and one by Scott (ditto). There is surely a connection between the various types of "close reading" that we were talking about and the critical analysis you seek. <BR/><BR/>You are correct in your conclusion that they don't know how to do this. You are wrong in assuming it is a problem just because you are at a CC. Dr. Crazy teaches upper division students. <BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, one other thing. My syllabus has a very detailed description of the course structure, but the only way I get my students to look at it is to assign a HW problem from it. Seriously. I give them test scores and they have to compute a grade.Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.com