Office Chat: Literacy Coaching
Dr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro is the most recent addition to the UMW Stafford campus Education faculty. Here she discusses the concept of literacy coaching from her recent book, Literacy Coaching to Build Adolescent Learning: 5 Pillars of Practice co-authored with Dr. Nancy Guth.
Tamie begins by telling how literacy coaching evolved out of the reading specialist position, through the remediation model in which individual students were pulled from class, and into a model in which the coach can be part of the classroom. Along with the traditional model of a leader of professional development, the literacy coach may work with individual teachers in need of help.
Office Chat: Universal Design for Instruction
Dr. Christofer Foss, Associate Professor of English, took a few minutes the other day to talk with me about Universal Design for Instruction (UDI). He has been incorporating this philosophy of course design in his classes. This spring, Chris will be developing a course in Disabilities in Literature, sponsored in part by the UMW Teaching Center.
There is a wealth of information on UDI available on the Internet but what appeals to me in these office chats is to see how a particular professor interprets and applies a teaching concept in their own courses. Here, Chris tells how he has developed an interest in accessibility and studied to be able to improve his ability to reach out to students of all learning styles.
Office Chat: The 21st Century Learning Model
We know students’ learning styles are changing with the easy availability of electronic communication, real-time multi-player gaming, and access to incredible stores of information on the Internet. We also know that employers are looking for a new range of skills from our graduates. But the question for educators is how can we adapt our teaching styles to create meaningful and meaning-making learning environments for our students.
Here, Jane Huffman of the University of Mary Washington, talks about an intentional model for teaching that addresses these requirements, not by adding to an already overloaded curriculum but by incorporating teaching strategies throughout the existing curriculum. This model is known as the 21st Century Learning Model.
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Office Chat: Universal Design for Instruction
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Office Chat: The 21st Century Learning Model
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Office Chat: Literacy CoachingDr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro is the most recent addition to the UMW Stafford campus Education faculty. Here she discusses the concept of...
Office Chat: Universal Design for InstructionDr. Christofer Foss, Associate Professor of English, took a few minutes the other day to talk with me about Universal Design for Instruction...
Office Chat: The 21st Century Learning ModelWe know students’ learning styles are changing with the easy availability of electronic communication, real-time multi-player...
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