Please read the following quotes from Chapters 3 and 4 from Williams "Preparing to Teach Writing" and see if you don't agree that Candance Doerr was modeling/showcasing these ideas throughout our first class last week. The text suggests that...
-"the goal is to use the small work groups to get students talking, thinking, and writing" (104)
-"the teacher might direct students to brainstorm in their groups for a period of 10 minutes; at the end of this period, each group would report its results, thereby producing a whole class discussion" (105)
-"Teacher as coach" philosophy (105)
-using writing prompts to facilitate Freewriting activities and class Discussion
-regarding classroom as Workshop, in which the students "write and receive meaningful feedback on work in progress" and "having each writer read his or her draft to the group" (140-1).
All of the following were more or less modeled by Candance. It's refreshing to see a professor practice what she or he preaches. Often in this program, we've seen professors explain the importance of student-centered approaches and engagement, while lecturing to the class, using powerpoint, while we sit in traditional rows. For the sake of not being a suck up to the teacher, I just got the impression that Candance Doerr was actually practicing the material she expected us to learn. Is anyone else feeling that? Check out the link below and Holla Back!
Available on JSTOR
* Principles and Practices of Secondary School Teaching by Herbert J. Klausmeier
Review author[s]: Charles B. Mendenhall
The School Review, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Mar., 1954), pp. 184-185
2 comments:
i agree that it is nice to see someone actually doing what they are instructing you to do. it makes a lot of sense doesn't it?
You're so smart! I really like that Jill and Candance are modeling how to do this dang teaching.
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