w eek 1, thursday , jan 14

1. week 1,thursday,jan14 • Introductions • Topic: What good is educational psychology? • Assignments • Read, Brophy, J. (2010). Motivating students to learn. Chapter 1. Student motivation: The teachers’ perspective. • Other? the one five o

2. goal of te150: to see better • The goal of TE150 is to help you see better: specifically, to better see your students. • What does it mean “to see better”? the one five o

3. recognition vs. perception • John Dewey, educational philosopher Recognition is perception arrested before it has a chance to develop freely...In recognition we fall back, as upon a stereotype, upon some previously formed scheme. . . . Recognition is too easy to arouse vivid consciousness. In contrast, in perception although we may be looking at something very familiar, there is an act of reconstructive doing: and consciousness becomes fresh and alive. - Dewey (1937), Art as Experience, pp. 52-53 the one five o

4. to see better To see better is • perception, re-seeing • to see the familiar as unfamiliar, the ordinary as strange • to appreciate (to increase in value) the one five o

5. how to see better Q: Describe an example where you learned to see better. How did this happen? the one five o

6. what do you see? what makes this painting compelling? Hopper (1942) “Nighthawks” the one five o

7. examples of seeing better • Example: see Hopper’s Nighthawks • Example: listen to Grammy nominees • Example:look at classroom pictures and videos the one five o

8. what makes it compelling? • 2010 Grammy nominees • Top songs of the decade the one five o

9. how to see better • refrain from easy & quick “recognition” • take time • pay attention to details and nuance • compare your perception with others • get practice & experience • have ideas, the explore them * the one five o

10. the experience of perception • is the experience of learning

11. ideas & constructs as lenses • idea: concept, a way of seeing something, a suggestion for how to proceed • construct: a concept created in scholarly disciplines to facilitate perception and understanding the one five o

12. ideas & constructs as lenses • The responsibility of formal education is to introduce students to the constructs of the disciplines • The responsibility of the student is to… the one five o

13. ideas & constructs as lenses • The responsibility of the student is to take in, consider, and to see with the idea • Only then can they say they understand the idea. • It is up to them to judge the value of the idea based on what they could see with it. • This perspective on teaching and learning is inspired by Dewey’s philosophy of pragmatism. the one five o

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16. what good is ed psych? • Who is Richard Mayer? • Background on the article • Q: According to Mayer, what lenses does ed psych offer? the one five o

17. example • Movie: Stand and Deliver • Jaime Escalante and his East LA AP Calculus class • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Escalante Clips • 14:00 pos & neg numbers • 19:50 quiz, desire • 25:00 the chair • 34:00 algebra problems the one five o

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