how to teach your students to think for themselves

How to teach your students to think for themselves.

Elaine Haight & Jane Ostrander9 February 2010

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Destination SBL ProjectFoothill-De Anza CCD

Elaine Haight Jane Ostrander

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Agenda Why change the way we teach? What is scenario-based learning? What does it look like in my classroom? What obstacles have we encountered? What has our research found? What tools and support are available?

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Please Introduce Yourself

In the chat box enter Your name Institution (college, company,

university) Main subject or class you teach or

research interest

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Why change the way we teach?

Employers want Teamwork Communication Professional

Attitude Problem-Solving

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What is Scenario-Based Learning?

Challenge Shift(s) Authenticity Collaboration Project

Management

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Industry Comment

Engineering: “Students or interns will see their part of the larger project—that it is not just as an exercise, but a real life application, different than the normal theoretical class materials.”

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PollHave you used scenario-based or problem-based learning in your classroom?✔ Yes✗ No

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What does it look like in my classroom?

QuickSoft AssociatesAjax

http://elc.fhda.edu/quicksoftAjax/index.html

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What obstacles have we encountered?

Curriculum Students pushback Assessments

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Survey

What major problems did you encounter when introducing a new way of teaching?A. Student resistance?B. Your resistance?C. Administration resistance?D. Other?

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What do students think about SBL? 87.5% of student post-surveyed in 25 sections

since 2007 would choose an SBL class over one taught with traditional lecture.

77% of all students in the same surveys believe SBL provided a more engaging learning environment

90% believe they were better prepared to advance in their current job or obtain employment as a result of taking the SBL class (Saflund, 2010).

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What do faculty think about SBL?

Tasks are appropriately challenging for community college technician education students.

Many observed increased student engagement.

Women students became more committed to ICT as a career.

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What resources, tools and support are available?

SBL Community in Tapped Inhttp://tappedin.org ->SBL Center

Assessment Toolkithttp://elc.fhda.edu + SBL Center

Websitehttp://elc.fhda.edu

Action Research Cohort Workshops

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How to Create & Implement SBL Tasks

March 5th + April 9th + Online

Truckee Meadows CC

Reno NV chouse@tmcc.edu

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Pacific Region Learning Summit

How to Create & Implement PBL Tasks

May 24-28th + online Leeward College Pearl City HI http://

sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/prls2010/

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Faculty Action Research SRI & Digital World Biology Training - Summer/Fall 2010 Mentoring - 2010-2012 15 Biology Faculty 15 Biotech Facultysandra@digitalworldbiology.com

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For More Information

http://elc.fhda.edu ostranderjane@fhda.edu haightelaine@foothill.edu http://www.tappedin.org -> SBL

Center