TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teachingfor Student Success

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Dr. David E. Diehl

THE CENTER FOR TEACHING & LEARNING EXCELLENCE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Student Engagement Equals Student Success

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching

for Student Success

READING ASSIGNMENT:From the learning handbook, review the chart entitled Attributes of Educational

Philosophies/Theories on page 18, and the follow-up on the limitations of each major category at the top of page 19.

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Community College Survey of Student Engagement

*CCSSE Five Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice

• Academic challenge

• Active and collaborative learning

• Student effort

• Student-Faculty interaction

• Support for learners

*http://www.ccsse.org/

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HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching

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READING ASSIGNMENT:From the Center for TLE Web site, access and read the 2005 CCSSE report entitled

Engaging Students: Challenging the Odds - 2005 Findings.

Go to the HCC Center for TLE Web site at http://hccs.edu/tle

and click the link entitled National Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practice, and click the title of the report.

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HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching

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Community College Survey of Student Engagement

CCSSE Five Educational Strategies That Work

• Set high expectations and clear goals

• Focus on the front door: successful completion of the first semester

• Elevate Developmental Education

• Use engaging instructional approaches

• Make engagement inescapable

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READING ASSIGNMENT:From the HCC Center for TLE Web site, access and read the 2007 CCSSE Committing

to Student Engagement – Reflections on CCSSE’s First Five Years – 2007 Findings.

Go to the HCC Center for TLE Web site at http://hccs.edu/tle

and click the link National Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practice, and click the title of the report.

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Research reflects that we learn (retain) 90% of what we teach others.

Teaching Strategies That Result in Higher Levels of Learning Retention

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What does your learning environment look like?Traditional

(Teacher-directed/Teacher-centered) Contemporary

(Self- directed/Learner-centered)

Teacher’s role

Student’s role

Curriculum’s role

Student Engagement

Teaching Strategies

Learning Tasks

Assessment Methods

disseminator: authoritarian, dominates instruction

facilitator: coach, mentor, advisor, change agent

passive receptacle, absorbs knowledge

active, engaged, discoverer; constructs knowledge

fixed: structure, sequenced; step-by-step

flexible; changeable, subjective, learned within context of developed around student interest, experiences, and abilities

exams, achievement test scores

worksheets, individual projects - presentations, chapter questions

extended lecture and readings, textbook assignments

mini-lectures, small group work

primarily individual small collaborative groups

small collaborative presentations, creation of products, portfolios, problem-based solutions, interactive, simulations, field trips, Web sites activities

Used by permission. Adapted from the dissertation of Dr. David E. Diehl entitled “A Study of Faculty-Related Variables and Competence in Integrating Instructional Technologies into Pedagogical Practices.” ©2005-06. Revised 2010 for this presentation.

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching

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Reasons to know your philosophy of education:

• To understand why you make the decisions that you do related to your teaching

• To ensure that you match yourself to an institution whose philosophy is similar to yours

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Reasons to know your primary learning style:

By default, you will design curriculum based upon your primary learning style. To know your preference and to understand various learning styles, you will ensure that you create various teaching and learning strategies, learning engagement tasks, and assessment methods that address the various learning styles of your students offering all the opportunity to use their cognitive strengths to academically succeed.

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FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY:Interpret the data from your Four Families Philosophies Survey.

• Score that are high reflect a high passion for teaching

• Scores (within the same) range reflect flexibility; drawing from all approaches in a balanced way

• Very low scores could mean a low interest in teaching

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FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY:Interpret the data from your Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. The

instructions detail how to interpret the data.

HCC CENTER for TLE TL 1071 – Implementing Learner-centered Teaching

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The Value of a Teacher

“This is the value of the teacher, who looks at a face and says there’s something behind that and…

I want to reach that person,I want to influence that person,

I want to encourage that person, I want to enrich,

I want to call out that person who is behind that face,

behind that color, behind that language, behind that tradition, behind that culture.

I believe you can do it. I know what was done for me.”

- Maya Angelou

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YOUDO

MAKE

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DIFFERENCE!!!12

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Your Personal Philosophy of Education

What underlying beliefs, values, assumptions, and attitudes about

teaching and learning causes you to make curriculum design

decisions about:

1. Learning environment you create for students

2. Teaching strategies you use to deliver content to students

3. Learning tasks that you select to engage students

4. Assessment methods to ensure mastery of content?

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LEARNING ACTIVITY:

Consider and organize your thoughts; do a Google search and review several statements written by other educations; write a personal philosophy of education.

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Review the PowerPoint, handbook, and supportive resources for this section.

Complete the Check Your Knowledge quiz.

Then take the Exit Quiz.