Washington College Education Department Presentation

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Washington College Education Department
Presentation

• Prepared by Professor Seán O Connor
• Power Point
• Scott Pragoff Teresa Amasia

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Secondary

• The teacher education program at Washington
  College

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The Major Functions or Roles of Effective
Teachers Are

• Content Specialist
• Diagnostician of learning difficulties, needs and
  styles of learning
• Strategist
• Designer of instruction for each student and the
  group
• Facilitator, guide and manager of learning for
  individuals and groups
• Evaluator of student performance, teaching
  methods, and learning materials
• Curriculum developer

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And So We Strive to Help Each Student Become a

• Knowledgeable decision maker
• Effective communicator
• Positive motivator
• Reflective practitioner
• Critical consumer
• Collaborative professional
• and

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How Do We Do This???

• Through Three Levels of Instruction

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Level 1
The Level of CONTENT
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• Distribution Studies
• CNW Sequence
• Modern Language
• The Academic Majors
• Professional Studies and Experiences

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Level 2
The Level of PROCESS
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2

• How things are done
• Continuous interactive learning experiences
  which model and practice best practices
• In courses which

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In Courses which

• are collaborative/cooperative in character
• are experiential with a performance
  orientation
• involve pervasive problem solving
• include critical dialogue through the
  writing-questioning conversation
• all inthree level discourse assessment and
  feedback system

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And So Level 2 Becomes Part of Level 1
The Level of CONTENT
The Level of PROCESS
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Level 3
The Level of SELF
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3

• The shaping and reshaping ofself image so that
  the prospective teacher becomes more conscious of
  his or her ability to shape the educational
  process by

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By

• The examination of beliefs, values attitude, and
  behavior in a journey of the discovery of self
  and the other I-It ? I-Thou
• The development of critical thinking capabilities
  and a reflective disposition

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• And so level 3, the self, becomes part of the
  psychological content of levels 1 and 2

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The Level of
SELF
The Level of PROCESS
The Level of CONTENT
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How does WC meet these contents?

• This learning structure takes place within the
  mood and philosophy of the Liberal Arts and
  Sciences at Washington College

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Our Beliefs

• 1. The Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum has
  each student examine in the humanities our
  creative-expressive selves in the social
  sciences our identities as social beings living
  in communities and in the fields of mathematics
  and natural sciences dimensions of the physical
  world in which we live

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Continued

• Additionally, the CNW first year experience has
  students examine aspects of human experience at
  three levels, the local, the national, and the
  global, developing a range of cultural
  perspectives. Finally through the study of a
  non-English language, students look at
  alternative symbol systems, identifying the
  interaction between perception and language.

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And so...

• It is the belief of this institution in espousing
  this educational philosophy, that the individual
  is enriched and strengthened in what will
  ultimately be his or her vocational choice, by
  being first able to deal with ideas in their
  cultural, intellectual, scientific, and universal
  contexts...

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What does this provide?

• This foundation provides an intellectual
  stability and discrimination, and a breadth
  of vision which are unique strengths in the
  aspiring teacher.

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The Liberal Arts and Sciences
The Level of SELF
The Level of PROCESS
The Level of CONTENT
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Maryland EDOTs

• ...Our learning structure and construction also
  reflect the further context of the Maryland
  Essential Dimensions of Teaching

EDOTs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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MD EDOTs
The Liberal Arts and Sciences
The Level of SELF
The Level of PROCESS
The Level of CONTENT
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The Students

• Finally, each prospective teacher demonstrates
  journey and achievement in

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The 2005-2006Teaching Internship and the
presentation of the Professional Portfolio
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It is the belief of the department that after
seven years, the student will become a mature
teacher.
2013 I am a teacher
2005 -06 Portfolio
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To gain a fuller understanding...

• Please read
• http//faculty.washcoll.edu/department.pages/educa
  tion/secondary.html
• The Education Program at Washington College
• A Framework for Understanding