1. Class #1 Overview and managerial details Course pack-available at Enviro-copy 440 Dalhousie (after 2:00 pm, Monday) Look at course description, readings, assignments My background-is this person really qualified? Your background-is there anything I have to teach you?

2. Biographical information Undergraduate degree(s)-type and area of concentration Any additional schooling/ degrees etc If you have taken a gazillion courses in education or the psychology of learning etc please give me that info. Work experience related to teaching Family (life) experience related to teaching-like do you have kids?

3. A small virtual assignment Send me an email with one sentence describing what you hope/would like to get out of this course.

4. The Learning Process

5. A pre-schooler’s painting story

6. Class #2 Questions anyone? Check email addresses My philosophy of teaching and learning A taste of what’s to come - video data - listening to children Paley and Hankins papers

7. Learning takes place in interaction with other humans. Knowledge is actively constructed by each learner but never in isolation. Thus thinking is a social activity. Mistakes are a natural and necessary part of the process of learning. Learners will be successful if we expect them to be. Learning is what humans do and it is a pleasure. Learning is questioning and teaching is listening. Teaching Philosophy of B. Graves (5 Principles)

8. Group of three

9. Work independently and record solution, and strategy in math log. Go over the problem with one other peer. Repeat with a group of 4/5. Discuss in a large group of 12/13. Problem of the week

10. Initial problem Calculate the number of squares in a 4 x 4 and a 5 x 5 figure. Mathematical Context

11. 444 4 x 4

12. 5 x 5

13. Based on their previous work, they are then asked to determine a procedure for finding the number of squares in a 10 x 10 and a 60 x 60. The problem extension

14. Based on the classrooms of Paley and Hankins What is the role of the learner? What is the role of the teacher? What is learning? What is classroom management? What is assessment?