Authentic teaching techniques
Watch a teacher manage her classroom through respect and amiability, rather than the exercise of power. She works systematically towards specific learning goals. Activities often include innovative practical tasks that engage students in their learning.
Resource information
The course being taught, Body in Question, is an interdisciplinary course that includes elements of biology, physics and the humanities. Because the school utilises team teaching, the teacher examines what the students have retained from the previous lesson with a different teacher. She manages her classroom through respect and amiability, rather than the exercise of power. She works systematically towards specific learning goals. Activities often include innovative practical tasks that engage students in their learning.
The Australian Science and Mathematics School (ASMS) has a specific focus on science and mathematics, while at the same time embedding other curriculum areas such as the humanities in that learning. It is located on the Flinders University campus.
Discussion questions
- What practical activities might you use to engage your students in the learning areas in which you teach?
- How can you improve your interpersonal interactions with students?
- How might you adopt interdisciplinary skills in your class?
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