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How to Teach Like an Award-winning Instructor
The presentation discusses the strategies and characteristics of award-winning instructors in higher education, emphasizing the application of Merrill's First Principles of Instruction. It identifies key qualities of effective teachers, including enthusiasm, knowledge, and compassion, along with structured instructional strategies centered around problem-solving and active engagement. The document suggests that successful teaching integrates context, demonstration, and application to deepen learners' understanding.
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- 1. How to TeachLike an Award-winning Instructor Presentation at Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference June 3, 2015 Joel Gardner, PhD
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- 4. Award-winning Instructors in HigherEducation (Gardner, 2011) Qualitative Study of 4 award-winning instructors at a large western university Do Award-winning use First Principles of Instruction? How? Answer: YES! AND… Gardner, J., (2011). How award-winning professors in higher education use Merrill’s first principles of instruction. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 8(5), p. 3-16. Accessed online at: https://www.academia.edu/3538810/
- 5. What do thebest teachers do? Positive Patient Enthusiastic Knowledgeable Humorous Passionate Compassionate Challenging
- 6. Excellent Instructors TeachWith Strategies and Passion!
- 7. First Principles ofInstruction (Merrill, 2002, 2006; Gardner 2010, 2011) Instructional Strategies 7 Problem/Task Centered Activation DemonstrationApplication Integration
- 8. A complexproblem or task Multiple parts “ill-structured” Progression of difficulty in tasks Problem/Task Centered (learning is contextual) 8
- 9. Learners recall,describe, or demonstrate prior knowledge Provide an organizing structure for knowledge Use a metaphor or analogy Activation (we base new knowledge on what we know) 9
- 10. Teach thegenerality (Tell) Share specific examples (Show) Use variety of media Demonstration (we learn by observation) 10
- 11. Recall (Ask) Practice application of knowledge (Do) Must provide feedback! Application (we learn by doing) 11
- 12. Students reflecton, discuss or defend knowledge Students plan to use knowledge Students “over-practice” their new skills Integration (deepen learning) 12
- 13. Break into groups| Generate examples and best practices | Think of inspiring experiences Activity: Examples and Best Practices Problem/Task Centered Activation DemonstrationApplication Integration
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- 15. Gardner, J. (2010).Applying Merrill's first principles of instruction: Practical methods based on a review of the literature. Educational Technology Magazine, 50(2), pp. 20-25. Accessible online at: https://www.academia.edu/3538706/ Gardner, J., (2011). How award-winning professors in higher education use Merrill’s first principles of instruction. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 8(5), p. 3-16. Accessed online at: https://www.academia.edu/3538810/ Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59. Available online at: http://mdavidmerrill.com/Papers/firstprinciplesbymerrill.pdf Merrill, M. D. (2007). First principles of instruction: a synthesis. In R. A. Reiser & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, 2nd Edition (Vol. 2, pp. 62-71). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall. Available online at: http://mdavidmerrill.com/Papers/FirstPrinciplesSynthesis.pdf References 15
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- #6 Award-winning instructors also possess characteristics and attitudes that help facilitate learning.
- #7 Excellent Instructors Teach With Strategies and Passion!
- #8 These are Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction. They are an attempt at synthesizing decades of research on instructional effectiveness (Merrill, 2002). The next slides describe these in greater detail.
- #14 For this activity, break into groups and generate examples and best practices of how excellent teachers apply these principles of instruction.
- #15 Excellent instructors teach strategically with passion.