Hello Everyone,
I have some good progress to report with my research. A few days ago, I met with my community adviser, Mr. Coaloa. We discussed his teaching at N.A.U. and how he can help me with my project. His teaching style is very heavy on student centered, meaning that the teacher is no longer the main source of information, rather a guide to keep the students on track. This week I plan on going to observe his class in order to get a better idea of what a student centered lesson looks like. Mr. Coaloa said he would also share some of his lesson plans so that Mr. Bayer and I can create some student centered lessons here at BASIS.
Teacher centered testing is going well. Between Mr. Bayer's four AP classes, we have countless quiz scores from lecture style lessons. Mr. Bayer has allowed me to teach a couple lessons as well. So between the two of us, we are collecting a lot of data points.
Hopefully by this Friday I will be able to make a student centered lesson plan for some classes here at school. I am also exploring some opportunities to observe teachers at Flagstaff High School. While my schedule is not working out as well as I would have liked, I have come to realize that being a teacher means you often times have to adjust your time table due to unforeseen circumstances. Nevertheless, we are making significant progress with the project. Till next time!
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