Session 3

Diego HernandezFulbright ETA Training

June 21-22, 2010

Doug Lemov

• Teach Like a Champion

Doug Lemov

• Concrete techniques for classroom procedures• Written for a K-12 audience, but some are

useful for adults as well

Building Character and Trust

• Technique 43: Positive Framing– Assume the best– Plausible anonymity– Narrate the positive

Building Character and Trust

• Technique 45: Warm/Strict– Be both at the same time (“Because I care about

your learning, your grade will suffer as a result of tardiness.”)

– Behavior is bad, not people– Always explain why you’re doing something:

students will tune out unless they know what’s coming

Building Character and Trust

• Technique 49: Normalize Error– Neither chasten nor excuse wrong answers:

emphasize fixing the wrongness– Recognize mistakes and ask the rest of the class to

help out– When the right answer is arrived at, make sure the

class as a whole understands how it was arrived at

Building Character and Trust

• Consider what specific behavioral traits you want students to exhibit in your class– Respect for peers, diligence, etc.

• How will you tease this behavior out of your students?– Think of concrete examples in your group

Variety

• Modeling– Comes first– Don’t present something without asking the

students to discover it for themselves first• Controlled practice• Free practice

Homework

• Critical read of Doug Lemov chapters in your folder– Advantages of this approach– Shortcomings of this approach: what might not

work? Why? Are his situations realistic?