Teacher Educator K-12 Educator K-12 Student Igniting a Passion for Life-Wide Learning Kiran...

Teacher Educator

K-12 Educator

K-12 Student

Igniting a Passion for Life-Wide Learning

Kiran PadmarajuLinda Sherwood

Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, ILUSA

What is Life-Wide Learning?

Intellectual Development

Emotional Development

Physical Development

Relational Development

Ethical Development

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Generational Changes

Prospective K-12 educators - The world they grew up in

Their prospective students – The world they are growing up in

In Teacher Education Classes

Prospective educator life-wide development

Two guiding questions:

What kinds of beliefs do you have about your prospective students?

How do your personal and educational experiences impact your teaching philosophy?

Ethical Development:Beliefs Impacting Behavior

Small Group Activity Common Beliefs Survey

Ethical Development:Making Value Judgments

Ranking Jobs Activity

Rank These Jobs by their Importance

NURSE TEACHER MILITARY OFFICER SCIENTIST FIRFIGHTER POLICE OFFICER PREACHER FARMER ENGINEER DOCTOR

Intellectual & Emotional Development

The Interest Inventory &

The Reading Inventory

Emotional & Relational Development

Voyage to the New World

Our Philosophy

Give a person a fish

And you feed them for one day.

Teach them how to fish

And they can feed themselves for a lifetime.

Chinese Proverb