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Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach A Handbook for Secondary School Teachers Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach A Handbook for Secondary School Teachers Alan J. Singer with Maureen Murphy, S. Maxwell Hines, and the Hofstra New Teachers Network LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS 2003 Mahwah, New Jersey London This book is dedicated to the members of the Hofstra New Teachers Network Students, Friends, Colleagues and Partners in the struggle to build better schools and create a more just society. Venceremos—We will triumph! CONTENTS Preface: Our Approach to Teaching xiii AbouttheAuthors xiv RationaleandDescription xiv Contributors xv BOOK I: GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TEACHERS 1 ALettertoFutureTeachers 1 1 Goals: Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher? 5 A: TheChallenge 6 B: HowDoYourBeliefsAbouttheWorldShapeYourTeaching? 7 JohnDewey’sPhilosophyofEducation 8 PauloFreire’sPhilosophyofEducation 9 SeptimaClark’sPhilosophyofEducation 10 OtherEducationalThinkersYouShouldKnow 11 C: HowIdeasShapeOurTeaching 13 WhichOneIsEnglish? 14 D: BecomingaTeacher1:NewTeachersDiscussTheirIdeas 16 MyDreamsandHopebyChristinaAgosti-Dircks 17 RaceandU.S.PoliticsandEducationbyHowardFuchs 18 IWanttoGiveBacktotheCommunitybyPedroSierra 19 AMoralObligationtoCareAboutOthersbyGayleMeinkes-Lumia 21 TeachingasanActofResistancebyMichaelPezone 22 FaithinGodGivesMeFaithinMyselfbyDeonGordonMitchell 23 E: WhyDoYouWanttoBeaTeacher? 24 F: First-SemesterEducationStudentsReflectonTheirExperience 25 MySecondaryEducationGeneralMethodsReflectivePracticeJournal byAliceVanTassell 25 MySecondaryEducationGeneralMethodsReflectivePracticeJournal byMaritzaPerez 29 vii viii CONTENTS G: Alan’sPedagogicalCreed—WhatIKnowAboutTeachingandLearning (withapologiestoJohnDewey) 31 2 Responsibilities: What Is a Teacher? 35 A: MyBestTeachers1:DirectedExperience,Scaffolding, andCreativeMaladjustment 36 B: NutsandBoltsofTeaching1 38 IWasNotaGreatStudentbyChristianCaponi 40 “BytheBook”Versus“theRealWorld”bySteveBologna 41 C: BecomingaTeacher2:NewTeachersDiscussTheirPersonal ExperiencesasStudents 41 AStudentWhoDidJustEnoughtoGetBybyStaceyCotten 42 IWasOnceinTheirShoesbySusanSoitiriades 43 IHatedTeachersWhoWereControllingbyJenniferBambino 44 IWasCalled“Spic”byLyndaCostello-Herrera 45 IWastheNewKidandIWasScaredbyStephanieHunte 46 ICouldNotSpeakEnglishbyJayneO’Neill 47 D: TeachingStories1 48 IComeFromaFamilyofTeachersbyMaureenMurphy 49 HowILearnedtoTeachMathbyRhondaEisenberg 52 ForJonathanLevin,TeacherbyAlanSinger 55 BOOK II: PRO/CLASS PRACTICES—PLANNING, RELATIONSHIPS, ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY 59 3 Planning: How Do You Plan a Lesson? 63 A: WhatAreYourGoals? 63 B: WhatAreTeachingStrategies? 66 C: MyBestTeachers2:ALessoninHumility 67 D: WhatDoesaLessonLookLike? 69 WhatIsaLessonPlan? 69 WhatDoYouNeedtoConsider? 70 E: FourSampleLessonFormats 71 AnActivity-BasedFormat 71 ADevelopmentalLessonFormat 76 FormatforHunter’sApproachtoLessonPlanning 79 FormatforaStreamlinedActivity-BasedLessonPlan 81 F: BecomingaTeacher3:WhatMakesSomeoneSuccessfulasaTeacher? 85 IWillNotLettheWheelchairBeanExcusebyDennisMooney 85 G: TeachingStories2 87 HowILearnedtoBeaTeacherbyDavidMorris 87 H: WhatIsThematicTeaching(inSocialStudies,Biology, andEverythingElse)? 91 I: SomeUsefulIdeasforOrganizingLessons 94 4 Relationships: Why Are Relationships With Students Crucial to Successful Teaching? 103 A: HowImportantAreRelationshipsBetweenaTeacherandStudents? 103 B: MyBestTeachers3:LearningFromMyStudents 105 C: HowImportantIsItto“See”and“Hear”Students? 108 CONTENTS ix D: WhatDoesItMeantoBe“Gifted”? 109 WeretheMysteryMenGifted?byAlanSinger 111 PromotingRelationship,Literacy,andResponsibility byJudithY.SingerandAlanSinger 113 E: TeachingStories3 115 ReflectionsonRace,Democracy,andEducation:WhatKindofTeacher DoYouWanttoBe?byS.MaxwellHines 115 F: ShouldTeachersSeeRaceandDiscussInjustice? 120 5 Organization: How Are Classrooms and Schools Organized? 123 A: IfYouCouldBuildaSecondarySchoolFromScratch, WhatWouldItLookLike? 124 B: HowCanYouFind(andHoldOnto)aJobinaTraditionalSchoolSetting? 127 C: IfYouCouldDesignaSecondarySchoolClassroom, WhatWouldItLookLike? 130 D: NutsandBoltsofTeaching2:HowDoYouEstablishClassroomRules? 133 E: HowDoYouOrganizeanInclusiveClassroom? 136 GeneralClassroomSuggestionsforInclusiveClassrooms 136 Co-teachingSuggestionsforClassroomandInclusionTeachers 137 F: BecomingaTeacher4:RespondingtoDifferentSchoolSettings 138 TheFirstDayoftheSchoolYearbyLauraPearson 138 ANewTeacher’sDifficultJourneybyNicholeWilliams 140 IKnowICanGetMyMessageAcrossbyKenDwyer 143 MyStudentsCallMethe“MathGeek”byKathleenSimonsSmith 145 6 Community: How Do You Build Classroom Communities Committed to Educational Goals? 151 A: CanCommunityEmergeFromChaos? 152 B: How“TeacherTricks”CanHelpBuildCommunity 155 C: BecomingaTeacher5:WhatDoesCommunityBuildingLookLike? 157 IStruggleforMyStudents,NotAgainstThembyRachelGaglione 157 D: HowDo“CornyTeacherJokes”HelpYoutoBe“Real”? 159 E: HowDoesCooperativeLearningBuildCommunityWhilePromoting StudentAchievement? 161 F: HowCanTeachersDevelopStudentLeadership? 164 Concluding Thoughts for Book II: A PRO/CLASS Practices Approach to Dealing With Classroom and Other Professional Problems 167 A: SomeComplicatedbutPrettyStandard“ClassroomProblems” 169 B: Guidance-RelatedIssueCanBeVeryThornyandRaiseLegalQuestions 173 C: RelationshipsWithColleaguesCanBeTricky 175 D: DisagreementsWithSchoolPolicies 176 BOOK III: PRO/CLASS PRACTICES—LITERACY, ASSESSMENT, SUPPORT, STRUGGLE 179 7 Literacy: How Can Teachers Encourage Student Literacies? 181 A: WhatIsCriticalLiteracy? 182 B: HowManyKindsofLiteracyAreThere? 184 C: WhatAreLiteracyStandards? 186
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