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Elements of Effective Teaching
What helps you to learn?What keeps you from learning?Draw conclusions from your
discussions . . . KWL
Guiding Questions
What do you need to know to provide effective instruction?
Effective Teaching:
Active learninglearn when they “do”disequilibration (when things
don’t quite make sense)construct own knowledge
Collaborative Grouping
Providing data for analysisproblem solvingproblem finding
Critical Science Approach
Problem Based Learning Problem
Connected to prior knowledgeto experience
Contextual Learning
Authentic AssessmentThematic Instruction
HISTORY OF OUR CONTENT
“Home Economics in its most comprehensive sense is the sthdy of the laws, conditions, principles, and ideals which are concerned on the one hand with man’s immediate physical environment and on the other hand, with his nature as a social being, and is the study espcially of the relation between these two factors . . .”
Lake Placid Conference, 1902
Home Economics Stands For
The ideal home life today unhampered by the
tradition of the past.
The utilization of all the resources of modern
science to improve the home life.
How are we different today?Where does our content come from?Why are we often defined as sewing
and cooking?
Social Trends
Curriculum ComparisonTrend:
FACS Other Content Areas
Assignments
Read Article “The Scottsdale Initiative: Positioning the Profession For the 21st Century.
Read “What Is Your EP?” Turn in Philosophy Assignment by 9/8
class