The TeacherAnd

Teaching

AGED 1411, Intro To Agricultural and Extension Education

Instructor: David Agnew

The age old question

Is teaching an art

or a science?

Objectives:

• Identify 10 Characteristics of teachers (Chapter 8, page 133-134-135).

• Identify 10 abilities needed by Agriculture teachers (Chapter 8, page 137-140)

• Describe 10 ways that a teacher can continue to grow professionally (Chapter 8, 141).

• List the individuals or groups to whom a teacher is responsible.

• State the two major responsibilities of a teacher.

• List three things teachers must do to be a success.• Describe the four stages of teacher development• Identify the positive traits of a good teacher.

Characteristics of Teachers

Phipps, Lloyd J. Handbook on Agricultural Education in Public Schools. Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc.

Text Pages 134-135

Abilities needed by Agriculture Teachers

Phipps, Lloyd J. Handbook on Agricultural Education in Public Schools. Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc.

Text page 138-140

Ways that a teacher can continue to grow professionally?

Formal Informal

The individuals or groups to whom a teacher is responsible

• A. Student

• B. Parents

• C. School (Administration & Board)

• D. Community

• E. Profession

• F. Self and family

• G. and…………….

Two major responsibilities of a teacher

• To Know what to teach. – Curriculum planning– Content selection– Selecting text books– Sequencing the content

• To know how to teach.– Methods and techniques– Understanding students and how to manage the

classroom.

Three things teachers must do to be a success

• Have positive expectations of the outcomes

• Good at classroom management

• Know how to design lessons that will help students learn – Note: page 42 of Wong’s Book (Expectations)– Harry Wong, To be an effective teacher: The

first Days of School, 1998

Who is Harry Wong?

Four stages of teacher development

• Fantasy

• Survival

• Mastery

• Impact

Fantasy

• All they need to do is relate, have fun with the students, be there for them, be their friends, Identify with them.

• Refer to the note on the handout about being a pal.

• They are not going to be like the teachers they had in school.

Survival

• Just make it through the day, learning is out the window, Put in your time and get on with my life, look to the weekend and look forward to a paycheck, busy work is in,

• they revert to the practices they condemned before they started teaching, they make excuses for why students don’t learn.

• Attitude is negative

Mastery• They have a command of the subject matter

and they are going to get it over to students.

• They know how to control the classrooom and they know what to do when something does not work-- Try something else. willing to learn

• Not interested in deadend activities.

• I can make a difference,

• Hopeful, Positive attitude

Impact

• Teachers have a positive impact on students, uses variety of methods and techniques to make a positive impact/change.

• Apply the knowledge they have in a way that results in the most benefit to students.

• Sometimes more questions are rasied than are ask!!!!

Good News

• You can get through the first two stages quickly and move on to the mastery and Impact stage, sooner if you know what to do.

• First few days of school are the most important.

Quotes• Here’s the biggest secret to teaching

success:

• Beg, Borrow and Steal…..

….Ideals

The first year can be frightening

• Teacher education will not have prepared you

• Student teaching will not have prepared you

• The district may not have prepared you.

• Yet you will be expected to perform immediately

The End

What to teach?

• State Competences list (frameworks) – Students are tested based on the frameworks.

• School May have expectations for what to teach• The community has expectations

– Alumni, Ag Leaders, Advisory, etc….

• The teachers has some say • Even students to a small extent can have input into

what is taught in the ag classroom

State Competences or Frameworks BACK

• http://dwe.arkansas.gov/CurriculumFrameworks/CGAgri.htm

Agricultural BusinessAgricultural ElectricityAgricultural GraphicsAgricultural MarketingAgricultural Mechanics I Agricultural Mechanics IIAgricultural Metals IAgricultural Metals IIAgricultural Power Systems IAgricultural Power Systems II Agricultural Structural Systems IAgricultural Structural Systems IIAgriculture ScienceAgriculture Science and TechnologyAgriculture SurveyingAnimal Science

AquacultureBiological Animal ScienceBiological Plant ScienceEnvironmental Resources: Soil & WaterFloricultureFood Science TechnologyForestryGreenhouse ManagementIntroduction to HorticultureIntroduction to World Agricultural ScienceLeadership and CommunicationsManaging Natural ResourcesNursery/LandscapePlant ScienceSmall Engine TechnologyTurf Grass Management

How to teach?

• What is a method of teaching?• What is the difference in a methods and a

technique?• Name five methods of teaching

– Presentation– Discussion– Supervised study– Job Instruction– Cooperative learning

Common Methods of Teaching

• Lecture• Teacher lead

discussion• Computer activity• Video• Field trip• Demonstration• Panel

• Project• Guest Speaker• Problem solving• Learning by doing

– Hands-on activities

Then the Organizational Process

• Lesson Plans

• Teaching Plan

• Teaching and Learning plans

• Difference in a lesson plan and a unit plan?

Parts of a Lesson Plan

• See Sample

• See Description

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