EET Teaching - Summary Session 1 - 1 views

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  #1 Kathy Schwarz on 06 Mar 12

   

  Attendees: Christie, Jackie, Tyler, Heather and Kathy
  
  Discussion based on the article From Teaching to Learning by Barr and Tagg
  
  Summary:
  
  The authors argue that we currently measure "hours of instruction" which is a measure of teaching, not learning. We need to shift our approach from teaching to learning.
  
  Just because someone sits in a class for 40 hours does not mean that they have actually learned anything. We need to measure the change in what learners can do at the end of the course that they could not do at the beginning. Rather than fixing the time (i.e. 40 hours per course), we need to fix the learning. The course should be over when the content has been mastered. Measurement of mastery should be achieved through authentic assessment.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Attendees: Christie, Jackie, Tyler, Heather and Kathy <br /> <br /> Discussion based on the article From Teaching to Learning by Barr and Tagg <br /> <br /> Summary: <br /> <br /> The authors argue that we currently measure "hours of instruction" which is a measure of teaching, not learning. We need to shift our approach from teaching to learning. <br /> <br /> Just because someone sits in a class for 40 hours does not mean that they have actually learned anything. We need to measure the change in what learners can do at the end of the course that they could not do at the beginning. Rather than fixing the time (i.e. 40 hours per course), we need to fix the learning. The course should be over when the content has been mastered. Measurement of mastery should be achieved through authentic assessment.</div>

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