B3U5 Julietgao 2010级

Teacher
Traditionally: the Sage on the Stage (dominant) Virtually: a Guide on the Side
Students
Traditionally: peers in age; “products” Virtually: generally older-than-average college students; autonomous learners
Isaac Pitman (1813 ~1893)
Fast-reading: Scanning
Directions: Scan the text for relevant information about the following major elements of education both in cyberspace and on campus.
teacher
Deep-thought Questions
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Why does the author drop in a hint about “the decline of the American college campus and the rise of American educational mind”? (para. 7) What does the author imply by comparing a college campus to “an entity modeled after the learning monasteries of medieval times”?(para. 15) Why does the author think that teaching via a virtual environment makes more sense for a liberal arts curriculum? (para. 18-19) Why does the author mention Plato? (para. 20)
Que: How do the teacher and students behave (teach/ learn) both traditionally and virtually?
Teacher
She writes most of her own lessons; She does not meet her students in person; She makes use of electronic bulletin boards and sends graded papers via e-mail packets; She conducts classes and gives lectures in online chat rooms; She listens, reads, comments and reflects on what the students have to say; she gets to know her students by their words and ideas. Virtually
Unit 5 Book 3
Education
Lead-in: 1
Brainstorming
Directions: What words will occur to you whenever we mention “Education” . Write down as many words as possible about education.
Book 3 Unit 5-A
Education in Cyberspace
Learning Objectives
1. Reading skills: 1) to anticipate the content of a passage by listing words related to the topic;
Knowledge
Traditionally: the same standardized units of information (lectures and textbooks), the same quality inspection (objective exams), textbooks and lectures that are broken into discrete bits of knowledge. Virtually: Textbooks: learning aids (memory tools), from the collaborative efforts of online debates, conferences and papers.
They sit passively in the back row twiddling their mental thumbs as the clock ticks away. They sit in neat rows, holding up their hands for permission to speak, clockwatching their way through textbooks and lectures. Traditionally
Lead-in: 3
Background Information
2) Spot Dictation: Online Education
Online education provides us with a new approach of learning and teaching. As a more ______________ form of learning, online education gives us excellent ____________, saves our time and money, and it is extremely _________. We can ________ any educational materials we need and ______ for any classes we like. With education spreading out more and more online, students will have ___________ on how and when to take their courses and classes. Online education will make education _____________ to the public and will make our life more ________.
2) to scan the passage for some details.
2. To practise oral English through group discussion. 3. Critical thinking: to see things from two sides. 4. To realize the importance of learning by thinking and enhance the sense of autonomous learning and “Live and learn”.
Students
They communicate their ideas to the teacher in words and they think and write a lot; They “say” or write to one another; They incorporate their work and career ideas into their papers,conferences and debates with each other; They think about what they have to say, and they come to class each week amazingly prepared to argue and type their way toward insight. Virtually
Your Experiences of Education
Lead-in: 2
Picture Reading and Talking
Lead-in: 2
Picture Reading and Talking
Lead-in: 3
Background Information
1) What can we do online?
They are tempted to step in to “calm down” or “refocus” an otherwise wonderfully enlightening classroom debate. They deliver a standard body of knowledge with lectures and textbooks.They give face-to-face instructions. Traditionally
knowledge
Think Learn by thinking as well as by doing; critically Learn to be an autonomous learner; Live and learn.
students
Enlighten, trigger
university
Content
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Lead-in Reading-Centered Activities Language Study Further Development Assignment