To Teach or Preach

To Teach or Preach Is the student - teacher connection essential Then and Now Teacher sat in front of class and lectured Burden of learning was solely on the student Knowledge was the most important factor to being a good teacher Teacher sits with class to connect Educators must be sensitive to students learning abilities Teachers should be skilled at effectively imparting knowledge to their students Teaching focus is knowing your student Student Learning Styles Learning Style Theories Tools to Assess Different Learning Styles Addressing Learning Disabilities

Adjusting with different subject matters Effectiveness in Teaching today

Know the Student , then Teach Know their strengths and weaknesses Develop a lesson plan that adapts a strategy of teaching into the students ' learning style We are all different Students have many ways of comprehending information People differ in how they process information and truly learn Sternberg 's Theory of Mental Self-Government Government is a metaphor for different ways people implement their abilities 13 thinking styles are identified and categorized into 3 types

Type I Legislative - uses creativity Judicial - evaluates people or products Hierarchical - it prioritizes tasks Global - view are holistic Liberal - makes new ways to achieve a task

Type II Favors norms Executive - Implements tasks with given s Local - focuses on details Monarchic - does tasks one at at time Conservative - like to use common approach to finishing projects Type III Anarchic - finishes its work as tasks come along Oligarcic - assumes projects without prioritizing Internal or external - depending on how it likes to work socially...