I'm thankful for the F2F structure to our masters class last week. It was a new structure to be upstairs and sharing as individuals. What a nice way to start class by taking meaningful time to hear each of us share our joys and to learn more about each one another. PRICELESS!!
The coaching I received from Mark last Wed. forced me to evaluate the things that I need to improve as a director of the elem. ed. department at CCC. There's a lot more to it than just teaching methods classes. I'm taking a lot of pride and responsibility to the outcome for each student in our department. Thanks, Mark, for getting me back on track when my mind is going so many different directions with my goals for higher education students. It's a whole different exciting chapter instructing and preparing some of our future teachers.
One thing I've accomplished was to talked to Dr. Allen and received a detailed plan of my teaching responsibilities for January and second semester. The beauty is the allowance to use what is in place the first go around and then build my own syllabus to reflex best practices for higher education majors.
One of my assignments is to teach Educational Psychology. Any of you recent graduates that would like to share your experience in higher ed. with this subject, please blog to me about it. Mark wanted to know last week if I was familiar with Google Scholar and I wasn't, so that one suggestion has been helpful. I'm sure most of you are aware, but if not take a look.
Here's a snapshot of this site:
http://www.psyedu.ru/eng/journal/2008/2/Mitina.phtml
Educational psychology was one of my favorite classes in college. Most of this was due to the professor who taught the class. He was one of those teachers that taught you a great deal about psychology, but also a great deal about life. He was the one college professor that I had who provided students with a tangible positive reinforcer (hershey's kiss) in class. Trust me, by offering a hershey's kiss to any student who answered a question correctly in class got several students actively engaged in his class and always wanting to learn more. I wish I could provide you with the name of this professor (Bishop), so you could network with him, but unfortunately he has now passed away.
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