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Learning About Teaching

• Josh Thompson

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Family Man

• Sixth out of seven children

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Family Man
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Family Man

• Husband of one 27 years
• Father of four, and more
• http//picasaweb.google.com/

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Montessori Man

• 1980 1985 Lakemont Academy
• 1985 1999 Prince of Peace Community
• Montessori Mentors Trainers
• Ed Barbara Fidellow, Lakemont, 1980-1985
• Sr. Monica Marie (Sally) Hibberd, CCGD, 1981-1986
• Jim Dina Paulik AMS Certified, Elementary I
  1982
• Richard Sharon Hundley Primary Training,
  L.O.R.D. Center, 1983-1987
• Peggy Loeffler John Chattin-McNichols
  Teacher-Research Network, 1992-1994

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Teacher Teacher

• 1996 2001 graduate work in the Humanities at
  The University of Texas at Arlington
• 1999 UNT
• 2000 Northwood
• 2001 2004 UTA
• 2004 present Texas AM-Commerce
• Assistant Professor
• Early Childhood Education

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Linguist w/ 54 years exp

• Child Language Studies - What happens when we
  speak with children? How does language use affect
  transmission of culture from one generation to
  the next? Following Naomi Baron's (1990)
  structure of Five Language Functions (affection,
  control, information, pedagogy, and social
  exchange), my research examines the effectiveness
  of this structure to describe the early language
  environment(s) of young children.

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Men in Education Network

• NAEYC
• Retreat
• Parent Education

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EDCI _at_ TAMU-C

• ECE Program
• Webmaster
• !Listo! Bilingual Education
• Bill Martin Jr Memorial Symposium
• Higher Ed Collaborative

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What are you reading?

• Goldstein (2002) Reclaiming Caring in Teaching
  Teacher Education.
• Houston (2004) How Writing Works.
• LEngle (1962) A Wrinkle in Time.
• Lewis (1952) Prince Caspian.
• Mayer (1967) A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog.
• von Speyr (1966/2008) Book of All Saints.
• Tannen (2007) Family Talk.

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What are you listening to?

• Radiohead (2007) in Rainbows.
• Room Sound (2007) Fire and Frontier.
• Wilco (2007) Sky Blue Sky.
• Christopher ORiley (2005) Hold Me to This.

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Courses

• ECE 358 Language Acquisition
• ECE 364 Survey of Theories
• ECE 366 566 Learning Environments
• ELED 524 Language Arts
• ELED 545 Curriculum
• EDCI/Rdg 690 Oral Language Research

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Teaching / Learning Philosophy

• Montessori Follow the Child
• Reggio Emilia Documentation
• Vygotsky Social Constructivism
• "Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my
  friends.

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• "Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my
  friends. Teaching is highly responsible work.
  Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And
  none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it
  wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If
  you could find someone whose speech was perfectly
  true, you'd have a perfect person, in perfect
  control of life."
• James 31-2
• (Eugene Peterson, The Message)

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Contact

• Class Attendance
• Office Hours
• Course Webpage
• eCollege
• Virtual Office
• Student Lounge
• Quizzes
• Discussion Questions
• Post assignments
• e-mail
• phone

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