Hello all,
I have come to dislike the 50 minute period, after having taught
longer sessions, because it seems that it takes a while to get "into" a
topic, and a while to get "out", and that leaves very little productive time
in the middle. One way that I've tried to deal with this is to try to get
students into the topic before they come to the class, perhaps by giving
them a question to address in the next class; this seems to get things off
to a faster start than starting more from scratch.
This may apply to activities too; if one can manage some way of
introducing them the class before, or giving some type of relevant
assignment to bring to class, this may produce enough continuity to diminish
the start-up time.
I would be interested in hearing other creative ways to use a 50
minute period.
Joe Hatcher
Ripon College
Ripon, WI 54971
USA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Annette Taylor
To: Jacquelyn Mercer
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10/20/99 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Time management
As a general rule, based on teaching now for 12/13 years (the beginning
is muddled in my mind) I find that it doesn't matter if I change from
55 to 85 minutes or vice versa, or just stay in one format I seem to
fall more and more behind.
I believe this is because the longer I teach the more (1) I know about
to teach comfortably and (2) the more new information is being found
that I want to incorporate, but I do so at the expense of not dropping
anything. Hence, I run out of time :-)
Just one of those on-going teaching things to work on.
annette
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Jacquelyn Mercer wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> This semester I am teaching Abnormal Psy on a MWF (50 minutes/class)
> schedule. I've taught this class in the past, but in 90-minute
classes. I
> like to use in-class activities, and of course, there is a lot of
video
> available for this course. The problem is that 50 minutes fly by and
feel
> more like five! Are 50-minute classes more likely to be conducted as
> lectures than longer classes? What strategies do you use to
incorporate
> activites into short 50-minute classes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacque
>
> Jacquelyn Gore Mercer
> School Psychologist-in-Training
> North Carolina State University
> Box 7801
> Raleigh, NC 27695-7801
>
>
>
>
>
Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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