teaching isn't magic: using transparent pedagogy in online teacher education (176888213)

7/27/2019 Teaching Isn't Magic: Using Transparent Pedagogy in Online Teacher Education (176888213)

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Teaching

Isn’t Magic:Using Transparent Pedagogy

in Online Teacher Education

LauraDell,UniversityofCincinna5

SarahSchroeder,UniversityofCincinna5

BackchannelVoicethread:

h=p://5nyurl.com/teachingmagicvt



University of Cincinnati www.uc.edu

Online F2F???

What Are We Doing Differently?(and what happens when we are more transparent?)




Cognitive Apprenticeship (CA)(Collins,Brown&Holum,1991)

Modeling

Scaffolding

CoachingReflec5on

Ar5cula5on

Explora5on

S ha r i ng O u r T h i n

k i ng




Why It Works in Online Ed

• Wang&Bonk,2001

• Seel&Schenk,2003

• Dennen&Burner,2009

• Liu,200

S ha r i ng O u r T h i n

k i ng




Online TeacherPrep???

How do we transfer CA toteacher prep online?




Transparent Pedagogyas Scaffolding

How do we explicitly

communicate teacher

decision-making? How do we do this online?


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Case Study 1:Decisions About Assessments

“IamnotfamiliarwithVoicethread

orfluentinit(orenjoyingitforthat

ma=er).”

“Sheisforcingustou5lizenew

technologythatmostofushave

neveru5lized?...Iwouldbehappy

doingtheprojectsifIcouldu5lizethetechnologyIwouldlikethatI

havepriorknowledgeof,suchas

PowerPoint.”

Ne w Tec h? W h y??

?

StudentFeedbackthatPromptedThisDiscussion:



Let’s Talk!What is an example in your own courses when you

have modeled teacher decision-making or where doyou think it would benefit your own courses?

http://tinyurl.com/Teachmagic

PostYourReport!



Case Study 2: Decisions about Texts

StudentFeedbackthat

PromptedThisDiscussion:

“Whyusethistext?Whyfocuson

Whiteteachers,don'tallteachersneedtounderstandhowtoworkindiverse

classrooms."

“Thisbookhasbothfrustratedand

angeredmeat5mes.Ihavealsotaken

offenseatsomeofthematerial.“

A dd Te x ts He re



Case Study 2: Decisions about Texts

“Iwasrathershockedtofindsuch

blowbackfromthisbookinourclass.

ThoughIfinditali=ledryandrepe55ve

at5mes,Ihavemostlyfounditenlighteningandencouragingformy

futureworkasateacher.“

“Thisjustreallyhithomewithmeand

therearemanypartsofthetextIfindopenmyeyesandallowmetore-

evaluatemybeliefsandhowIlookat

certainaspectsofteachingandpeoplein

general.”

W h y d id we c hoos

e t h is?

StudentFeedbackthat

PromptedThisDiscussion:



Case Study 3:Decisions about Course Design

TheWeeklySchedule

Instructor includes information

in her introduction explaininghow she constructs a typical

week in the course.

W h y is i t i m po r ta

n t?



Weekly Schedule

“ChalkboardNotes”

Read & PostYour TextReflection Response #1 Response #2

Check tosee if aWriting

Assignmentis Due



Case Study 4: Decisions aboutMaking Changes Midstream

CommunicateWhyIt’sGood

PedagogicalPrac5ceto:

• Offerselfchecks• Quizwithmul5plea=empts

• Prac5cetestques5ons

• Whyessen5alinfo.shouldbe

madeexplicit

• Whattheorysupportsthesechoices



Case Study 5: Decisions aboutMethodology Choices

DiscussionAroundaPar5cular

InventoryAssessment:

• ToolwastaughttostudentsinteachingreadinginSpecial

Educa5on

• Groupdiscussedwhytoolwas

beingtaught

• Analysisanddiscussionofprosandconsofotherinventories



Case Study 6:Decisions about Teaching Values

ConferenceAhHa!

"Toomanyteachers'

commentsarewri=entothepaper,instead

ofbeingwri=entothe

student."

LearninginContext

“Literateprac5cesare

culturallyshapedsocialprac5cesandnotmerely

asetofdiscreteand

transferableskillsthat

canbeeitheracquiredor

employedinisola5on.”

Personal Connections

“Ifyou'reanythinglike

me,you'llfindyourselfthinkingaboutwhichof

the3metaphorsmost

closelyaccommodates

yourownconcep5ons

ofliteracy.Should

makeforsomeinter-

es5ngdiscussions,yes?”




CONTACT US

UniversityofCincinna5

13-1-877

[email protected]

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We are here




Tools that Support CA

Mul5-point

Student

Feedback

+

ExitTickets Screencast/Audio/Video

Feedback

FAQ/

DiscussionForums



THANK YOU

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