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Direct Instruction in Higher Education?

Explore the value of direct instruction in college classrooms, discussing the expectations of today's tech-savvy students, problems with reliance on technology, and ways to improve engagement and learning. Questioning the role of technology and the importance of meaningful engagement.

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Direct Instruction in Higher Education?

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  1. Direct Instruction in Higher Education? April Arthur, MA and Jim Kuterbach, MA

  2. Introduction • We will compare and contrast the teaching styles of several professors at Penn State • As School Psychology students we have been taught the value of direct instruction approaches. What are your thoughts?

  3. Critical Components of DI (SPLED 409 Course Notes) • Organization of Instruction (allocating time for instruction, arranging materials, establishing classroom routines) • Program Design (strategies, teaching procedures, selecting examples etc.) • Presentation Techniques (small-group instruction, unison oral responding, wait time, pacing, monitoring, diagnosis and correction, and higher performers)

  4. Topics of Discussion • Expectations of today’s college students and how they have changed typical classrooms • Problems with reliance on technology using examples from our classes • Ways we can improve these classrooms • Are many instructors actually using direct instruction by scripting themselves and the students?

  5. Topic One • Technologically savvy students • General expectations undergraduates carry when they enter your classes • What are the proper uses of the teaching aids at our disposal?

  6. Topic Two • What’s the problem? • Example using Power Point and Class Notes from HDFS 311 • What do students need or receive from the instructor with this arrangement?

  7. Topic Three • How we can improve these classes? • Voices of Experience/Video Clip • Small group assignments HDFS 428 • The temptation is very easy, especially for new professors

  8. Is this Direct Instruction? • How are the approaches similar? • How do they differ?

  9. Should We Avoid the DI Approach at the College Level? • Attendance Problems • Boredom • Less Opportunity for Relationships

  10. What Should the Role of Technology Be in Higher Education? • Is it important that professors resist student requests to make attending class optional? • Is learning more complex than DI? • Can meaningful engagement in the learning process take place when we overuse these options?

  11. Beware • If you are currently using Power Point and posting notes for all lectures, revisit why • Our challenge is to truly interact and engage in the learning process with our students

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