Economics Today

Hello,

well today i embark on first economics blog.

what an exciting day today filled with Course Outlines, Videos (of effective teachers) and may other exciting economic stories. we arrived to a smaller class then last semester it seems that only the keen ones have remained and the rest have left to pursue other interests such as Accounting and Fishing I believe.

Anyway the real reason for my musings is to explain what i picked up from and i quote "the first time in history our class has finished early" class.

so sit back grab a coffee and have some fun reading the ramblings of a mad man.

So Unit Planning, was the main focus of this class and that's a relief as its a big part of our assessment for this semester. the main thing that i picked up is that a good unit plan will make preparing lessons very easy, as you will be able to transfer what you have put in your unit plan directly to lessons as you move forward, as long as your LO's are clear and measurable. The next most important thing that i picked up was that while preparing your learning activities for your lessons make sure that you meet all learning styles and needs, not everyone in your class will be a tactile learner or an auditory learner, but the more different methods you try and use the better chance you have off getting the content across.

again another major focus of this class was to emphasis routines and other reflection activities for students to participate in to ensure that got an understanding of what you had been teaching.

overall this class was good as it gave me a greater understanding of unit planning and how to ensure you cater for diversity and different learning styles in your class.

Check this you tube link for a good example of a teacher using pedagogical techniques and catering to all learners in a difficult class. Video Below, you may need real player to watch, it can be downloaded for free. (alternatively go to you tube and type in Ron Clark president rap)

tune in next week for some more musings.

Andrew Out

would appreciate comments (nice ones please LOL)