Clarifying your beliefs
Looking at the chart on the flow
of
instructional planning, you will see why these types of exercises are important.
Seeing ourselves reduced to print often helps us clarify our real beliefs. Take
the following tests and create a personal profile according to what matches your
professional self. Afterward reflect on the results and play with writing down
some of the beliefs that emerge in several "I believe" statements.
Please note there are no correct answers to the following tests, just
your answers.
Online Philosophy Tests
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Patricia Jersin's Philosophy Test - Print the test, take it, and
then see where your strongest scores arise. See if you can find some
additional information online about your strongest areas of preference.
These will yield classic philosophy categories.
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Philosophy test - Terry
Armstrong, Emeritus Professor from University of Idaho, gave me permission
to copy and use his test. The print version is in your course packet but
here is the link to an automated version. These are based on the traditional
psychological descriptions.
Can you find out any more information on your preferences?
Lesson plans links:
Explore the following lesson plan links and see if you can create a mini-unit
based on some of the online resources you can find.
Explore the Japanese concept of lesson study.
Lesson Study - Lesson study
is a Japanese educational concept whereby teachers actively observe, review, and
discuss en mass the intricacies of a lesson in order to improve the
instructional quality of the lesson. What do you think?
