CHAPTER 3 : HOW DO THEY PREPARE TO TEACH
P50 1.big question for course and smaller questions leading to it
for example. Look at financial stm. and not feel intimidated.
A. Complete a fin. form
Make investments decisions
Use info to make business decisions, shall ask for. Raise, is this a good place to work. Should I sell this product or service, how much should I charge to make a profit?
2. Reasoning abilities develop to think like an accountant
3. What mental models do students bring with them? How do students define expense, profit, bills debt?
4. What do students need to know to answer important questions
P52 key info or concepts should be clarified to provide foundations so they can continue to build understanding.
5. How to provide explanations for students who will have difficulty clarify concepts
6. How will I help students grapple with conflicts in the discipline, conflicting truths or new findings?
7. How do I find out what students already know and what they expect? Survey student interest and adapt course to pique those interests.
8. How will I help students learn to learn, and assess their learning.
9. How will I informally determine their learning and provide feedback before “test” safe environment, individual feedback, group feedback
10. How will I communicate with students in a way to keep them interested and thinking? Visual. Written, etc.
11.how will I spell out the standards used to assess student work?
12. How will I help students understand the nature of their progress and quality of their learning?
13. How to create a safe environment in which students try, fail, receive feedback and try again?
Chapter 4 Expectations for students
- Every one of you can learn the curriculum if you do the work required.
There are no shortcuts there are daily assignments due every day that we meet if you want to succeed you must complete them. - High standards and faith that students could meet those standards.
Students need to see value in assignments. “What you bring to class is yourself & desire to participate.
Promising syllabus: questions course will answer-ask students what do they want from course