Teaching


 * Quotes from first day of class 2010:**

"To teach something to someone else means that you have successfully altered their cognitive state on the subject matter and this individual can successfully demonstrate this changed state by applying this new information to a novel situation." "To facilitate another person's acquisition or construction of knowledge, serving as a resource or a guide." "(Teaching may not imply learning) To attempt to provide information to someone in a way that leads to knowledge or understanding through the process of learning." "It means that you are able to transfer a body of knowledge across to the people that you teach and that these people to not only know about the knowledge, but are also able to apply what they have been taught." "To teach something to someone else is to explain the subject to them with the intention of helping them understand and be able to explain it themselves." "Sharing information in a step-by-step manner allowing that person to build their own knowledge." "To transfer knowledge and understanding to another person." "The accomplishing of learning in other people."(McDonald, in class, 2010)

Teaching is heavily influenced by theories of learning. For example, an individual might teach for conceptual change or attempt to situated the learner(s) in some kind of realistic learning experience. For example, a person informed by the situated perspective may attempt to engage the learner in hands on or open ended activities. On the other hand, a person more influenced by cognitive theories of learning and the ideas of conceptual change might encourage learners to consider prior knowledge of content and ask learners to discuss newer, better ideas. In other words, their is a connection between teaching and learning theory.

Illustration to think about implications for teaching for conceptual change: from []