PERS 2001: Comparative Culture – Teaching in Today’s Society
Topic: School Climate
Teaching Styles & Fictional Characters in Literature &/or Popular Culture
Directions: Complete the tasks below for the online session.
Review the School Climate PowerPoint located in the School Climate module
Read article: Teaching With Style: The Integration of Teaching and Learning Styles in the Classroom Anthony F. Grasha, Psychology, University of Cincinnati (1995) (also pdf is in the dropbox folder)
http://podnetwork.org/content/uploads/V7-N5-Grasha.pdf
Give an example and examine the practices of a teacher from children’s literature (e.g., The Magic School Bus) or popular culture who displayed each of Grasha’s teaching styles. You only need to focus on A TEACHER THAT is REPRESENTATIVE of A STYLE: Include in your responses:
The style the teacher portrayed
Examples of why you view the teacher as aligning him/herself to the style
Benefits of the style (in the story as well as in real-life)
Drawbacks of the style (in the story as well as in real-life)
How do each of Grasha’s styles impact School Climate? For more information about School Climate see, http://www.schoolclimate.org/climate/
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