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?

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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

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