A wild week
I understand that this week has been pretty hectic for all the YL-TESOL trainees. That makes this a perfect week for a little treat in Management class!
The lesson on learning centers is the first in our unit on managing the classroom through effective teaching practices. It involves setting up self contained stations that students can use for educational activities. If this sounds familiar, it’s because all of your instructors use this technique from time to time.
How it can be done
Throughout the semester you may see some different examples of a learning centers approach. In Literacy class, you may have a room full of resources. In Management class, we had a cart full of activities. What they both had in common was that they were thematic. Whenever you use learning centers in your classroom, it’s a good idea that the centers are somehow related in some way. Our centers in Management were related to a book. The Literacy centers were related to phonics.
Another thing that we did in Management was relate them to multiple intelligences. The theory of multiple intelligences is something that everyone will get a deeper understanding of later in the semester, but this week we all got a short introduction. One of the main ideas to remember is that the intelligences are all related, so we don’t need to make a learning center for each intelligence. One center can target as many as four or five intelligences!
Finally, remember that children like having fun while they are learning and they like the feeling that they have choices about how they learn. Incorporate that into your lessons and your students will be so engaged with their lessons, that managing your classroom will be a breeze!
Here are the instructions from the centers that you all experienced this week!
Your Homework
Although there is an assignment on your syllabus, I've decided to cancel this assignment in order to help you enjoy your Chuseok more! Have a nice holiday!
Although there is an assignment on your syllabus, I've decided to cancel this assignment in order to help you enjoy your Chuseok more! Have a nice holiday!
For after the holiday: Cooperative Learning
