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To: An H-Net List for Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools <H-HIGH-S@H-NET.MSU.EDU> Subject: good advice to teachers -- Help needed in developing a course Sue This is brilliant advice for any teacher, any subject, any level! I suspect that all good teachers intuitively do this to some extent, but identifying it and making it a conscious deliberate technique is what strikes me as truly helpful. I'll be passing this along to lots of teachers for years to come. Thanks! Karen 1/20/2012 >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:49:00 -0500 >From: Michael Hutchison <mhutch@NWCABLE.NET> >Subject: FW: Help needed in developing a course > >From: Sue <susani371@aol.com> >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:12:33 -0500 (EST) >To: An H-Net List for Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools ><H-HIGH-S@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Subject: Re: Help needed in developing a course > I am developing a class on teaching methods for college students planning to > teach high school history, and while I have more than 20 years of experience > teaching at the college level, I've never taught in high school. I'm > wondering if the list members could give me some input on things they think > should be addressed in such a class, including types of assignments, texts, > exercises, or anything else they would like to share with me. Thanks in > advance for your help! > > Dr. Tamara L. Hunt > Professor and chair, Department of History > University of Southern Indiana > 8600 University Blvd. > Evansville, IN 47712 > > (812) 465-1202 > Sue <susani371@aol.com> replied: I think it's important to stress that in high school the variety is important in itself- Use a game one day, a PPt the next day, a discussion the following day, some video the next day.... High school students meet more often than college students, so even if they were not more squirmy with a shorter attention span, they really appreciate variety. Same with homework: Think in terms of varying your homework, as well-- a blog one day, a counterfactual question the next day, an announced quiz another day, perhaps a poster or brochure another day..... This sort of variety not only keeps students more interested, but it also allows you to see the talents and strengths of individuals-- one student writes well, one is especially imaginative, one rises to a challenge, one draws well. A new teacher often founders a bit, and finally has a successful day, so it natural for him/her to think "well, that worked well, I'll do that again." But rather like a good recipe, it doesn't taste as good if you make it every day. //Susan Ikenberry, Washington, DC -- Karen Reeds karen.reeds@verizon.net Mentor with ScienceMentors http://www.sciencementors.org/ ------ End of Forwarded Message
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