Jun 15 2012: Not sure if I missed something but there is a hope that students do work so they can be proud of themselves asa you suggest, not so that the prof can be proud of them (although we are so often).
Jun 15 2012: Sorry, having all sorts of tech issues. Didn't get this until just now. In ECE there is a lot of discussion around child-directed activities and teacher-directed activities and the balance between the two. Then we talk about the same thing in relation to the courses they take at the college. What works for some...doesn't work for others but the constant change and availability of options for learning activities is what seems to work. Some days I set up "learning centers" that my students filter through at their own discretion just the same way preschoolers would during "free play."
Jun 15 2012: I teach early childhood education (ECE) at a community college and we use a lot of video clips from a variety of places. The ones that seem to work especially well are the ones that students find themselves. Our ECE faculty have a few video clip services that we send students to. We ask them to find clips that demonstrate a particular developmental stage, for instance. Then they post the video they found and their understanding of how it links to the work we are discussing. It is the search that seems to prove so beneficial for everyone. Of course we use TED talks as well.
Sep 11 2011: I am not suggesting to standardize the teaching of parenting. I believe we can teach skills and strategies based on a variety of theories and philosophies leaving plenty of room for critical thinking and individual decision making. We currently teach teaching skills and techniques in college education programs and still teachers must choose the right technique at the right time for the right student. But new parents often do not have wonderful experiences of being parented so they have nothing to draw on. That lack of experience leaves them with a lack of options when they become parents. This is seen when child abuse begets child abuse and illiteracy begets illiteracy. I would like us to turn this vicious cycle into a virtual cycle.
Sep 9 2011: I think parenting skills need to be taught at school. Nearly all students will become parents. To help close the achievement gap we need to step in before the children are born with skilled parents who are always their children's first teachers.
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