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Getting to know you: First impressions and first classes

Getting to know you: First impressions and first classes. Cendri Hutcherson January 8, 2007. Establishing your goals. Goals for a course/section. Where do you want the students to end up at the end of the course? What do you want them to know ? What do you want them to know how to do?

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Getting to know you: First impressions and first classes

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  1. Getting to know you: First impressions and first classes Cendri Hutcherson January 8, 2007

  2. Establishing your goals

  3. Goals for a course/section • Where do you want the students to end up at the end of the course? • What do you want them to know? • What do you want them to knowhow to do? • Lecture or discussion? • Facts or critical thinking?

  4. Goals for a course/section • What kind of a relationship do you want with your students? • Authority or approachability? • Fun or serious? • Professional or personal?

  5. Goals for a first day • Not to fall flat on my face • Not to scare everyone away • Not to bore everyone to death • …

  6. Goals for a first dayTip: Think positive and proactively • Personal Introductions • What do you want to know about your students? • What do you want your students to know about you? • What do you want your students to know about each other?

  7. What do you want to know about your students? • Their name • Year in school • Where they’re from • Why they’re taking the course • What their interests and hobbies are • What they personally hope to get from the course

  8. What do you want your students to know about you? • Your name • Where you’re from • How you are like them • Your role in the course • Why you’re teaching the course • Why you think the course is amazingly important!!

  9. What do you want your students to know about each other? • Name • Where they’re from • Where they live in the dorms • More details!

  10. Goals for a first dayTip: Think positive and proactively • Course Material Introductions • How much overview do you want to give of the course? • What kind of administrative information do you want your students to know? • How much do you want your students to shape what you teach?

  11. Miscellaneous Tips • Visit the classroom ahead of time • Modules: it’s all in the timing • Prep work • Pre-class plans • The 5-minute cushion at the end • Doing your homework

  12. Miscellaneous (Shameful) Tips • Cheating with Facebook • Abject plagiarism • Using a camera • Pretending I’m spontaneous • Giving myself a break

  13. Activities and Demonstrations

  14. Funny introductions • Two truths and a lie • Variant: one student lies • The guessing game • What’s your sign? • What superpower? • Favorite movie Things to Avoid! • Most embarassing moment • SAT scores • Weirdest scar

  15. Fun activities • Vote with your feet • Pop quiz! • What is… • A Great Debate • Breaking Headlines! • Design an experiment • Demonstrations from psychology • Cognitive psychology • Personality psychology • Social psychology • Developmental psychology

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