Positive Classroom Instruction Say-See-Do And The Humanities Seminar: Classroom Management

Positive Classroom Instruction

Say-See-Do And The HumanitiesSeminar: Classroom Management

Focus On Performance• Concepts Require Performance

– Learning takes place with concepts the same way it takes place with calculations, language or physical skills:• Say-See-Do

• One Step at a Time

• Practice, Practice, Practice

– “If we want the students to internalize ideas, they must perform them in manageable bites one step at a time. As in any other type of learning, they must be active performers rather than passive recipients.”

How Do You Do A Concept?

• TALK– Partner Learning

– Speeches

– English style debates

– Etc.


• WRITE– Words

– Phrases

– Paragraphs

– Journals

– Dissertations

– Etc.


• ACT OUT– Role Playing

– Skits

– Lab

– Medical Residency

– Student Teaching

– Etc.


• A teacher of concepts must combine “bites” of conceptual material into fully formed concepts.

• A teacher of concepts must become a teacher of composition, and “bites” must become essays.

Say-See-Do Revisited• Partner Learning

– If we are to make the students performers of conceptual material one step at a time in class, we will immediately find ourselves engaged in a series of Say-See-Do Cycles.

– The conversation might include:• Explanation

• Giving examples

• Brain storming

• Debating

• Reaching conclusions

Say-See-Do Revisited

• Say-See-Do Cycles In The Humanities– Say-See-Do Cycles in the humanities are

SLOW.– A single cycle may take ten minutes or more as

the students converse.– Concept production is a progressive process.– Talk cycles are usually part of a pre-writing

activity for essay production.

The Long Range Causes of WWI

• Four Basic Causes– New Imperialism

– Partition of Europe into Two Hostile Camps

– Militarism

– Nationalism

New Imperialism• Definition –

– Imperialism can be described as the act of seeking and gaining colonies for the benefit of the country.

– New Imperialism suggests this is not the first time world powers have sought new colonies.

– Old Imperialism concentrated mainly on Europeans colonizing the Americas.

– New Imperialism concentrated on places in the old world.

• Teach your partner.

Reasons for New Imperialism

• Economic (Industrial Revolution)– Sources of Raw Materials– Markets for finished

products– Colonies have both raw

materials & markets– Technological Revolution

• Trains• Ships by steam• Suez and Panama Canals

• Teach Your Partner


• Military or Strategic– Great Power:

Continental– World Power: World

power with colonies– Influence of Sea

Power on History



• Religion– To Convert the World to

Christianity

– “Guns Follow The Bible”


• Culture– “To Make The World

A Better Place”



Partner DiscussionDescribe a time in which somebody had something you really wanted or thought you needed. What did you do about it?

OR

Describe a time in which somebody wanted something you owned and they sought take it from you. How did that make you feel?

Review Reasons for Imperialism

Economic

Religion

Military or Strategic

Culture

Teach Your Partner

Places for New Imperialism

• Balkans– Congress of Berlin– Austria– Bosnia– Russia


Places for New Imperialism

• Africa– Fashoda Conflict– Captain Marchand– Commander Kitchener


Partition of Europe Into Two Hostile Camps

• Age of Bismarck– Two Cardinal Rules

• Isolate France

• Alliances at an arm’s length

– Bismarck’s Alliances• Austria-Hungary

• Italy

• Russia


• France Breaks Out of Isolation– Kaiser William II (Bill)– France’s Alliances

• Russia

• Britain

– Germany’s Close Alliance– Germany is Surrounded


Partition of Europe Into Two Hostile Camps

Militarism

• Three Definitions:– Anytime the military interferes in the making of

civilian, governmental, and political decisions.– The willingness to use was as a means of

settling disputes.– Development of an Arms Race


Militarism

• Attempts to Halt The Arms Race– Hague Conferences

• Dumb-dumb bullets

• Bayonets

– Anglo-German Arms Race• Two Power Standard

• Risk Theory


Partner Discussion

• Discuss with your partner ways in which you have resolved conflicts with other people. Which ones worked? Which ones failed? Why?

Nationalism

• Three Meanings –– Patriotism– Zeal Beyond Reason– Ethnic Nationalism


The Spark to the War

• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• July Crisis– Blank Check– Austria’s Ultimatum– Serbia’s Response– Austria’s Rejection


The Spark to the War

• Declarations of War– Austria Declares war on Serbia

– Russian Mobilization

– Germany’s Ultimatum

– Germany Declares War on Russia

– Belgium Declares Neutrality

– Germany Declares War on France

– Britain Declares War on Germany


Partner Discussion

• Have you ever had an incident with another person that seemed to spin out of control? What did you do about it? What did it feel like? How would you do it differently?

Writing Assignments

• Analyze the long-range causes of World War I in order to determine if it could have been avoided? If so, how. If not, why not? Limit your response to 500 words.

Review of the Basics

• The Fundamentals of Formal Instruction– One Step At A Time– We Learn By Doing– A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words– We Learn Best By Teaching– Practice, Practice, Practice


• Vince Lombardi’s Law

–“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”


• The Prompting Hierarchy– Three Modalities

• Verbal – Tell them what to do next

• Visual – Show them what to do next

• Physical – Guide their body to correct performance

– Increasing Precision• Three modalities of prompting form a natural

hierarchy in terms of the amount of information they convey.

The Prompting Hierarchy

• DO Physical Guides

• SEE Visual Shows

• Say VerbalTellsIncreasing Clarity and Explicitness of the Prompt

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Positive Classroom Instruction Say-See-Do And The Humanities Seminar: Classroom Management