ED2135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Numeracy, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Blackboard Learn
Introduction to Teaching Skills (ED2135)
Lecture One – Week One
Becoming A Teacher
• A great teacher
o Interested
o Know their students
▪ Form strong relationships with their students and show that they care about them as people
o Linguistic Diversity
▪ Bilingualism pervasive in Australia
▪ 200 different ethnic backgrounds
▪ Most common birthplace for Australians not born in Australia is the UK, then NZ
▪ Community diversity is the norm rather than the exception
▪ Speakers of LOTEs mainly live in urban areas
• (de Courcy, in Hyde, 2010)
o Cultural Diversity
▪ Culture and religious beliefs provide a lens through which we construct a world view.
▪ Traditional owners – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Land, Language, Lore
▪ 200 different ethnic backgrounds
o Know the Content and How to teach it
▪ know their students, engage them and get them to look at issues in a variety of ways
▪ are masters of their subject matter.
▪ Have a palette of teaching skills
o Safe and supportive learning environments
o Assess, feedback, and report
o Engage in Professional learning
▪ Communicate frequently with parents
• School experience one
o This unit is designed to prepare you for your professional practice.
o You will gain all the skills necessary to achieve success on your practice.
o It is your opportunity to ask any questions to ensure you feel confident about completing your practice.
o Graded
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Document Summary
Traditional owners aboriginal and torres strait islander people. It is your opportunity to ask any questions to ensure you feel confident about completing your practice. I am available by appointment: housekeeping, attendance at lectures and tutorials is strongly encouraged, all extensions must be requested through me. Please do not ask your tutor: you must attend the school experience one briefing it is a condition of your prac placement, assignment one multiple intelligence grid, design a grid based on gardner"s multiple intelligences. There are three parts to this assignment: part one: multiple intelligence grid, choose a year level, decide on a theme or a children"s book. Plan at least four activities based on each of gardner"s intelligences. Each activity will link to your theme or chosen text. There is no set way to present your grid. Your rationale should also justify your text/them selection: you must include evidence of professional reading outlining the benefits of including.
