Albert Craig (craig@osullivan-quebec.qc.ca)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:26:24 -0400
From: Albert Craig <craig@osullivan-quebec.qc.ca> Subject: RE: Teaching isn't Telling Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:26:24 -0400
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Hello Alice,
Your approach sound very effective. Could you please point me in the
direction of references or Web pages that expand on the metacognative
activity that you use at the end of you classes.
Thanks,
Albert Craig, Ph.D.
O'Sullivan College - Quebec
craig@osullivan-quebec.qc.ca
Tel. (418) 529-3355
Fax (418) 529-3336
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From: Alice Macpherson [mailto:alicemac@kwantlen.bc.ca]
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---Cameron Nichol said lots and finished with: > There's more but I'm saving it for my masters thesis
ooooh, I like it!
> I have a serious final question. > How do I manage attitudinal change in workforce brought up on "chalk and > talk" in an organisation (and world) that is progressively moving away > from the classroom.
Epiphanies are nice but rare. ;-)
I start slowly and make sure that the participants identify the gains that THEY make in their learning as we go along. This requires reflection on their part and setting time for that reflection on mine. I use a lot of mini-lectures (5-10 minutes) with cooperative exercises and discussion inbetween, always ending with the participants processing how they did in both activity and thought. It develops critical thinking skills and analytical thought patterns.
If what is taught is fluff this approach won't work. It is easier to drone on and then they stop being able to discern differences or analyze critically.
Oh yeah. don't give up. <G>
best regards
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