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sw
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 Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: HCT curriculum |
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The HCT job requirements refer to knowledge of "contemporary teaching methods." Does anyone know exactly what they are referring to (dangling preposition, oops)? I've taught ESL/EFL for over ten years in the 'gulf' and this is the first time I've come across this terminology. Have they reinvented the wheel or are they simply referring to computer assisted learning?  |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: HCT curriculum |
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| sw wrote: |
| The HCT job requirements refer to knowledge of "contemporary teaching methods." Does anyone know exactly what they are referring to (dangling preposition, oops)? I've taught ESL/EFL for over ten years in the 'gulf' and this is the first time I've come across this terminology. Have they reinvented the wheel or are they simply referring to computer assisted learning? |
Student-centered learning. Me thinks that...maybe... you've been teaching in the Magic Kingdom or her lesser brother Q8 where they tend to rely on DLI mats which are absolutely A-L mats. At the HCT, they tend to teach points and let students get on with it. In Saudi, this is not possible in most places as...they digress...in Arabic...about any number of things minus the point that's supposed to be practiced! 
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adorabilly
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I am not sure what specifically HCT is looking for, but the current trend in the Ed tech field is towards project centered/constructivist learning. so not so much towards student centered, but project centered. So each chapter/learning module would have some sort of project that the students do (either group or individually, or both) which produces some sort of artifact that can be examined.
My wife is doing her course through HCT in that manner, and the reply from her supervisors (so far) is encouraging.
So I'd bet they are asking for the constructivist (students building their own learning, with the instructor as a facilitator) theories, and how you would incorporate technology, project based learning in the classroom. |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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I am not sure what specifically HCT is looking for, but the current trend in the Ed tech field is towards project centered/constructivist learning. so not so much towards student centered, but project centered. So each chapter/learning module would have some sort of project that the students do (either group or individually, or both) which produces some sort of artifact that can be examined.
My wife is doing her course through HCT in that manner, and the reply from her supervisors (so far) is encouraging.
So I'd bet they are asking for the constructivist (students building their own learning, with the instructor as a facilitator) theories, and how you would incorporate technology, project based learning in the classroom. |
Actually, adorabilly, that's what I was aiming at. "Student-centered learning" speaks to the teacher not being stuck up at the front of the class lecturing, but rather introducing a point and encouraging their wards to discover it more on their own. My school, also, really builds on students relying more on classroom technologies and project-based learning. It seemed to me, as the OP spoke of his time in the M.E. and not knowing the relevant quals that s/he had, "student-centered learning" was the catch phrase that s/he was looking for.
Regards.
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johnslat
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Education Buzzwords: Image and Reality
by Kevin Killion
The late Kingman Brewster, president of Yale University, once said, "Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession." We laugh at bizarre excesses, such as "kinetic wellness" to mean "gym class" (true example!) but jargon has a darker implication: buzzwords can be well-chosen to mask a truth that the uninitiated may find distasteful. Here is a quick guide (with a healthy dose of dry humor) of some of the wonderful-sounding phrases used in schools.
Education Buzzwords
Child/Student-centered: What parents think it means: Your child is of greatest concern; What is REALLY means: Your child does what he/she wants to do
http://www.illinoisloop.org/buzzwords.html
For a more serious and detailed look at the phrases used by the education industry, go to this section of this website: Learning the Lingo.
http://www.illinoisloop.org/lingo.html
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