FYI: Pedagogy

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FYI Pedagogy

• The study of teaching and learning, especially as
  it relates to children and adolescents.
• Andragogy is the study of teaching and learning
  as it relates to adults.

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• Learning Styles

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Learning Style

• How a person perceives and processes information
• Individuals have preferred learning styles,
  e.g., visual (seeing), kinesthetic (tactile), and
  auditory (hearing)

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Visual Learners

• Think in pictures and learn best from visual
  displays
• Depend on the teachers body language and facial
  expression to fully understand
• Prefer to sit near the front of the classroom
• Frequently take detailed notes

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Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

• Learn best through a hands-on, active approach
• Prefer to explore and interact with the physical
  world around them
• May find it hard to sit still, and may become
  distracted easily

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Auditory Learners

• Learn best through listening
• Interpret the underlying meanings of speech by
  listening to tone, pitch, emphasis, and speed
• Often benefit from reading aloud
• May not understand written information until they
  hear it

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Many Believe that People Learn About . . .

• 10 of what they read
• 20 of what they hear
• 30 of what they see
• 50 of what they hear and see
• 70 of what they say
• 90 of what they say as they do

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Multiple Intelligences

• Howard Gardner
• Harvard University

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Why are some students smarter than others?
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MI Theory

• . . . biology gave them a better brain for that
  kind or type intelligence or because their
  culture gave them a better teacher.
• (Howard Gardner)

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MI Theory

• When I talk about understanding . . . students
  can take ideas they learn in school, or anywhere
  for that matter, and apply those ideas
  appropriately in new situations.
• (Howard Gardner)

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This is called Transfer of Learning
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Contextual Teaching and Learning(Taken from
Cerebral Context, Parnell, 1996)

• For teaching to be truly effective, the student
  must be motivated to connect the content of
  knowledge with the context of application, thus
  utilizing the ability of the thinking brain to
  solve problems and to assimilate that knowledge
  in a way that can be useful in new situations . .
  .

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Contextual Teaching and Learning (Taken from
Cerebral Context, Parnell, 1996)

• Learning that is connected and contextual has
  greater potential for creating a deeper
  understanding by students and increases the
  likelihood of students transferring their
  learning to future experiences.

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MI Theory

• We know people truly understand something when
  they can represent the knowledge in more than one
  way. (Howard Gardner)

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Name 3 . . .
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MI Theory

• . . . lets never pin our assessment of
  understanding e.g., testing on just one
  particular measure . . . allow students to show
  their understanding in a variety of ways.
• (Howard Gardner)

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For example, through Authentic Assessment such as
performance of a task or skill
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MI Theory

• Intelligence is the ability to produce a product
  or to solve a problem that has value in one or
  more cultures or cultural contexts. (Howar
  d Gardner)

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MI Theory The Eight Intelligences . . .
(Howard Gardner)

• Linguistic
• Logical-mathematical
• Spatial
• Bodily kinesthetic
• Musical
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Naturalist

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Interpersonal Intelligence

• Understanding other people their needs,
  interests, desires, and especially what motivates
  them
• This intelligence is essential for a teacher to
  have and to cultivate . . .

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Interpersonal Intelligence

• What component of an agricultural education
  program is fertile ground for students to
  demonstrate this intelligence and to develop it
  further?

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Naturalist Intelligence

• Understanding the natural world and enjoying
  interaction with plants and animals

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Naturalist Intelligence

• These individuals can easily detect naturally
  occurring patterns, and readily discriminate
  between different species, types, and kinds

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Identify Your Intelligences

• Visit the following Web site
• http//literacyworks.org/mi/flash.html

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Also, for Fridays Class . . .

• Do an Internet search for the following
  terms/concepts
• Learning Environments
• School and Classroom Climate
• Be prepared to share and discuss your findings.