Marianne DouglasMarianne Douglas

The Secrets of 21The Secrets of 21stst

Century TeachingCentury Teaching

Merging the Strategies of the Merging the Strategies of the Past, Present and FuturePast, Present and Future

Actual Rules for TeachersActual Rules for Teachers ((circa 1915)circa 1915)

1. 1. You will not marry during the term of your You will not marry during the term of your contract. contract.

2. 2. You are not to keep company with men. You are not to keep company with men.

3. You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. 3. You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school function. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school function.

4. Your dresses must be not be any shorter than 4. Your dresses must be not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle. two inches above the ankle.

5. You may not travel beyond the city limits unless 5. You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of the you have the permission of the chairman of the (school) board. (school) board.

6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile 6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any man unless he is your father or brother. with any man unless he is your father or brother.

7. You may not dress in bright colors. 7. You may not dress in bright colors.

8. You may under no circumstances dye your hair. 8. You may under no circumstances dye your hair.

9. You must wear at least two petticoats.9. You must wear at least two petticoats.

10. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream 10. You may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores. stores.

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Questionnaire for Rural School Questionnaire for Rural School TeachersTeachers From Public Schools of  Wayne County, PA 1917From Public Schools of  Wayne County, PA 1917

1.  Is the welfare of your school your first concern?  1.  Is the welfare of your school your first concern? 

2.  Do you make daily preparation for teaching? 2.  Do you make daily preparation for teaching?

3.  Are you interested in the general welfare of your 3.  Are you interested in the general welfare of your pupils? pupils?

4.  Are you making an effort to become acquainted with 4.  Are you making an effort to become acquainted with your patrons? your patrons?

5.  Do you subscribe for and read an up-to-date 5.  Do you subscribe for and read an up-to-date teachers' magazine? teachers' magazine?

6.  Are you in the habit of reading a good text on 6.  Are you in the habit of reading a good text on Methods and School Management? Methods and School Management?

7.  Do you talk school matters with your associates and co-7.  Do you talk school matters with your associates and co-workers?workers?

8.  Do you look after the sanitary conditions of your school 8.  Do you look after the sanitary conditions of your school property? property?

9.  Do you allow pupils to litter the school room and grounds with 9.  Do you allow pupils to litter the school room and grounds with waste paper, apple cores, etc.? waste paper, apple cores, etc.?

10.  Do you allow dust to accumulate in the nooks and corners of 10.  Do you allow dust to accumulate in the nooks and corners of your school room? your school room?

11.  Do you throw the ashes in a heap in front of the school house? 11.  Do you throw the ashes in a heap in front of the school house?

12.  Do you know how to build a fire and keep a school room in a 12.  Do you know how to build a fire and keep a school room in a comfortable condition? comfortable condition?

13.  Do you inspire your pupils to read good 13.  Do you inspire your pupils to read good books? books?

14.  Are you interested in rural life? 14.  Are you interested in rural life?

15.  Are you optimistic? 15.  Are you optimistic?

16.  Are you making an attempt to instill in the 16.  Are you making an attempt to instill in the minds of the pupils local pride and local minds of the pupils local pride and local patriotism? patriotism?

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Industrial Age• Training students for industry

• Summers off for working in the fields

• Want obedient students

• Don’t want independent thinkers

• High drop out rates

• Respond to factory like bell

“Many of our young people have been so soured by their experience in today’s classrooms that the joy of learning has all but died for a lifetime.”

Dr. Laurence Martel “The 7 Secrets of Learning Revealed: What Your Teacher Never Taught Your Because Your Teacher Never Knew”

Reasons that kids are bored

• Entertainment driven world and teachers aren’t trained to be entertainers

• Students used to instant gratification

• Shorter attention spans

• Students have more personal problems

• Students have world problems on their plate

Information Age

Invention of television, internet, iPod, cell phones

• made us entertainment oriented

• facts not as important

• boredom becomes even more prevalent

• addicted to media

• overabundance of negative news

• media tool used instead of problem solving and decision making skills

“You let those kids play all those computer and videotronic games and after that, school is just boring to them. It’s just an old lady talking.”

Marie Barone, “Everybody Loves Raymond”

We speak 175 – 200 words per minute

We process600 – 800 words per minute

GAP = Boredom Zone

“The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.” Carter G. Woodson

Future in education

What kind of citizens/employees do we want?

How do we prepare ourselves for and cope with the developing technology?

The iPhone

How will it manifest itself in your classroom?

Six innovations from the last 10 years that have upended industries, unseated established players, and changed the way we think, act, and do business today.

AOL small business June 29, 2007

Google

How has it changed the way you teach?

The BlackBerry: The Modern Homewrecker

Students might not have actual blackberries but they certainly have cell phones.

Wonder if their parents had this kind of technology?

And how it may have affected the relationship with their children….

iPod

Any chance these have affected teaching and learning??

Facebook: Power Networking

And of course…the ever present MySpace

YouTube: ITube, YouTube, We All Tube

How might this effect teaching?

How could this invention add to learning?

Wii: Wii Like It Very Much

And PlayStation

And Xbox….

And so on…

“Tell me and I forget.

Show me and I remember.

Involve me and I understand.”

Proverb

The Conceptual Age Daniel Pink’s view of the futureThe future needs well developed right brained thinkers

• Asia

• Automation

• Abundance

We need the courses and methods that are often neglected in schools, the ones that are often labeled ‘touchy-feely’, as well as the more traditional subjects.

“The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods.”

Margaret Mead

So what do we do to engage, inspire and

educate our students to meet the challenges of a very different future?From “101 Tips for Teachers”

Take note of what has been consistent throughout time

Kids still need a broad education

They need to learn in a variety of ways

Kids are still kids

They have the same human needs

Six Human NeedsGo P.L.A.C.E.S. when you know what you need (as used in my leadership/success program

P = People (let kids work together often)

L = Learning (help them with various ways to learn and with reasons to do so that relate to all areas of their lives, not just school)

A = Attention (find ways to get each student the attention he needs)

C = Charity (find ways to incorporate charitable projects with all academies)

E – Excitement (fill the class with surprises)

S – Security (create a safe classroom)

Pay attention to what the world considers important and use it to aid teaching rather than treating it as

the enemy

Entertain

“Good teaching is one fourth preparation and three fourths theatre.”

Gail Godwin

Have fun

“What we learn with pleasure we can never forget.”

Louis Mercier

“When positive emotions and joy are brought into the rational process, downshifting to the R-complex part of the brain (the fight/flight part of the brain) does not take place.

The sullen, bored, and anxious student who seeks to flee from school can become an obsolete experience in an enlightened school.”

Dr. Laurence Martel

“ A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience’s attention. Then he can teach his lesson.”

Hendrik John Clarke

Use Props

“A school should not be a preparation for life.

A school should be life.”

Elbert Hubbard

Use music

“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”

Marvin Minsky

Use Activities

“The importance and need for rich sensory and hands-on learning continues throughout our lives. However, many of our educational practices derive from the unexamined assumption that people will learn best if given lots of information in either lecture or two-dimensional written form. We have only to look at the glazed eyes and vacant stares of students in a lecture hall or classroom to know that this is a belief that needs to be abandoned.”

Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.

Build trust as you build a safe classroom

•Be consistent

•Monitor negativity

•Follow Southwest Airlines policy

•Be kind and expect the best

•Kids learn in safe environment Dr. Laurence Martel

Put yourself in their shoes

•Remember that they lead very different lives than baby - boomers and Gen X-ers

• Disasters like 9/11, tsunamis, internet headlines, personal issues

• More solutions leads to greater expectations

• Notice how your attention span has changed

• Remember what’s it’s like not to know

Connect with students

• People are using technology to connect

• Text messaging

• Blogging

• MySpace

• Panera

• TV shows want us to vote and text in

• Greet them at the door

• Share yourself with them

Keep your eye on the big

picture

Not everyone going to college

• Millionaire next door

•Angus…RI student

•Entrepreneurs, hands on people, designers, craftsmen

•Read about successful people

7.Take care of yourself

Education is one of the most challenging and most important jobs

We need teachers with vision, heart, …and stamina

The more strategies you add to the classroom the easier teaching gets. But add them gradually…

• Read positive books and emails to support yourself

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• My blog for teachers and teens

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