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TYPES OF TEACHINGKurt Love, Ph.D.
Central Connecticut State University
WHAT KIND OF A TEACHER DO YOU WANT TO BE?
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW SO YOU CAN GET THERE?
WHAT DO STUDENTS WANT FROM THEIR TEACHERS?
TYPES OF TEACHERS
• Top-down/Transmitter
• Technician/Robotic
• Director/Conductor
• Coach
• Creative/Artist
• Community Explorer
What types of teachers are there?
ONE TEACHER’S IMPACT
• High 5 for Mr. C
MR. C
• Top-down/Transmitter
• Technician/Robotic
• Director/Conductor
• Coach
• Creative/Artist
• Community Explorer
What type of teacher is Mr. C?
PURPOSES OF EDUCATION
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF SCHOOL
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF SCHOOL
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF SCHOOL
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF SCHOOL
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF SCHOOL
• Why school?
• What purpose does public education serve?
PURPOSES OF EDUCATION
Prepare Workers
Follow Directions
Creative Individuals
Fun
InspiringKnow
Content
Critically Question
Problem Solvers
Promote Diversity
Strengthen Community
TYPES OF EDUCATION
• Traditional
• Liberal/Progressive
• Transformative
What types of education are there?
SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS
SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS
• Traditional
• Liberal/Progressive
• Transformative
What type of teaching practices will support all students, especially those who have been traditionally marginalized?
TRADITIONAL EDUCATION
• Top-down transmission of knowledge
• Behaviorist
• Rote memorization
• Test-driven
• Students dislike school/teacher when this type of teaching is predominate
LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
• Constructivist
• Connect with prior knowledge
• Student interests
• Test-oriented
• Students more favorable towards school/teacher
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION
• Embedded in community & Authentic participation
• Critical Constructivism
• Critical questioning
• Fulfilling the whole student
• Students highly engaged/invested - very high quality performance/outcomes
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION
• Describe Wink’s experience teaching struggling students in Spanish class (pp. 14-15, 33-36).
• What steps did she actually take?
• How did a transformative approach affect her students?
• Why did it affect them in this way?
WHAT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION?
Transformative education exists at the nexus of:
Human Rights Sustainability Imagination
Transformative education is community-centric and focused on supporting students to enact social and ecological democracy
WHAT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION?
Transformative education exists at the nexus of:
Human Rights
Sustainability
Imagination
Transformative education is community-centric and focused on supporting students to enact social and ecological democracy
Humans have the right to survive free of oppression
Preserving ecology by not depleting resources beyond what is able to be replenished for future generations
Use of creativity to explore curiosity and use of spirit to explore fulfillment
WHAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING?
Learning is a process of changing one’s relationships with her/his community, which consist of interconnections with nature and society.
LINKS
• http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=4791823 - Mr. C
