Mth3004 Lecture 2
- What is “effective teaching”?
- BEFORE: Helping the student discover and understand the subject taught for long-term memory and ability to apply knowledge imparted.
- AFTER: …
- What makes teaching effective?
- BEFORE: Patience, personalization, and understanding.
- AFTER: …
- Can you think of an effective teacher?
- BEFORE: Martin Greenall.
- AFTER: …
- Why were they effective? What did they do or say? How did they act?
- BEFORE: Yes - engaging, check on each student personally, reduce friction for asking for help, etc.
- AFTER: …
- Can you list all the qualities of an effective lesson?
- BEFORE: Pace of the slowest student, accessible, and adaptable.
- AFTER: …
- Can you list all the qualities of an effective teacher?
- BEFORE: Engaging, adaptable, knowledgeable, empathetic, patient.
- AFTER: …
- How do you know this is the case?
- BEFORE: Personal experience when teaching and being taught, as well as research into pedagogy in the past.
- AFTER: …
Vaguely look into teaching bursary and PGCE/QTS.
What is “Effective Teaching”?
- Claim
- Reasons
- Evidence
- Acknowledgement and Response
- Warrants
Effective teaching is working alongside the student to develop their long-term understanding of a subject they previously had minimal base knowledge on.
Instead of just learning to answer a set of questions in the short-term, such as during exams, students should learn to answer a multitude of questions in the long-term. This would initially involve building a foundation of knowledge, which the student can build understanding on with future learning. By creating a diverse and nuanced understanding of multiple topics over the long-term, the student would be able to apply understanding from various topics to problems in unrelated subject areas. This approach enables the student to continue learning in new scenarios, adapting to problems in future education or eventually in the workplace.
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