Thursday, April 22, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Model Exercise--Gerlach & Ely Model
Orientation: this model is considered to be prescriptive. It describes how a learning environment can be altered or constructed, in order to affect the variables in a certain way or bring about the desired outcome (Edmonds, 1944). This model is considered to be linear and systemic, because one the five decisions in the third step is changed, the other decisions will also be affected.
Knowledge Structure: it is a procedural model that gives a clear direction for teachers to follow when makes an instruction. The Gerlach & Ely model emphasizes how teaching can help students meet the objectives.
Expertise Level: this model is suitable for all levels of expertise to use. The users can be novice, intermediate, or expert.
Structure: this model is developed as a systematic approach to teaching and learning. It’s also a soft-system–based model.
Context: this model is suitable for K-12 classrooms setting or also higher education setting. However, it may not be as successful in a business or government setting.
Levels: this model is appropriate for the levels of unit, module, lesson and course.
Particular strengths of the model:
• Suitable for use by all levels of expertise.
• Offers a combination of both systemic and systematic approach that can be developed into a strategy for good teaching and learning.
• The five decisions of this model serve as a reminder to the important components that can be overlooked.
Particular weaknesses of the model:
• There’s no concrete way of analyzing the needs and the gap in performance.
• There’s no implementation that can help the teacher create better instruction.
• This model would not be successful in a business or government setting.
General opinions: the Gerlach and Ely model provides a basic and useful roadmap for good teaching and learning. It includes the basic and significant key point as a reminder for teachers to concern during their design. Both novice and veteran teachers can benefit from the experience of using this model.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
My ID Model updated
well I till confused about how to upload a word document. I tried to upload it as a webpage, but the charts just piled up. So I just write the word discription here and find a way upload the frame work later.
Here is the introduction of my updated ID model.
Context
This model is used for teaching assistants (TA) training program for Foreign English teacher class which is a very popular course that teaches English as second language in elementary school in
Model introduction
This model comprises mainly five portions that are Needs assessment, Specification of objectives, Design, Pilot and Evaluation. The first step needs assessment is to understand the communication between TA and other major relevant people (foreign teacher, head teacher and students). The purpose of this part is to figure out the problems in class and the gap between the TA’s current performance and their desired performance using the approach interview, observation and questionnaires.
After understanding the problems well, the designer will be able to figure out what the objective should be for this training program, which means that what outcome and performance the TA need to have.
Having clear objectives, designers need to consider about the instructional strategies, teaching resources, allocation of time and space, and how to group the learners. These five factors can be considered simultaneously and don’t necessarily in an ordered sequence. And it appears to be a systemic approach that when one of them is changed, the other factors in the group will also be affected.
The forth step is creating a pilot that means to adopt this design in a small group to see whether the prior five factors are well organized. If there’s need for any change and improvement, the designer should go back to the last step to make some implementation. If it is appropriate enough, the designer can go forward to do the evaluation.
The last step is the evaluation of the learners’ performance. It is a significant process to gather feedback from the learners and relevant stakeholders like the school manager, parents, and the English teaching office. And also, test whether the learners successfully achieved the objectives and instructional goals. The arrow running along the bottom of the model from the last box towards the first box represents a formative revision.