Questions
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Interview: Previewing Questions
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1. What is an independent learner? How can the teacher help students become independent learners?
2. What kind of skills can students acquire in school that would help them at their future workplace?
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How can teachers go beyond the textbook? Do you think it is important to go beyond the textbook? Why?
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While doing projects, were you able to contact a media specialist? What kind of support did he/she provide? In what stage of the project could the media specialist get involved?
Interview: Post-viewing Questions
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What is your opinion about ongoing assessment? Give examples of ongoing assessments given by the teacher. List some of its advantages and disadvantages.
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Are you familiar with the Channel One schools program? For more information on this, check
http://www.teachworld.com/community. How did this membership influence the students’ projects in this video?
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The English teacher in this video thinks “The group as a whole learns better, even the kids who resist.” How do we get resisting students involved in group work ?
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Overview: Previewing Questions
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What are interdisciplinary units? Give examples of such units.
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of the interdisciplinary activities?
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What is persuasion? Why and how do we teach it in schools?
Overview: Post-viewing Questions
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In this video, teachers have created materials to guide them for a project. As a teacher, how do you feel about creating your own materials for a class?
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The teacher advises the students to choose a topic that interests them. How can a teacher make sure that a topic that is interesting to the student meets the objectives and standards required for that class?
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What is the role of the discussion the teacher and the students have about a previous video project made by students in a different class in the past?
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Principles of Learning: Previewing Questions
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What is a Compelling Situation? Think of compelling situations students can be presented with in a health class.
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What is the role of teacher-students conferences in a project?
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What activities during the health environment class could involve students in hands-on tasks?
Principles of Learning: Post-viewing Questions
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How does the teacher illustrate Patterns and Connections in this video? How can a teacher asses if students have identified Patterns and Connections prior and during an activity?
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What makes students get actively involved in their project?
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How do students choose a topic for their project? What elements do they have to consider?
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Information Processing: Previewing Questions
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What activities are specific to the Appreciation stage of Information Processing?
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While working on a project, did you find it helpful to see samples of previous projects? Why? Why not?
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How can students determine the relevancy of information they might want to include in their project?
Information Processing: Post-viewing Questions
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What Search strategies do students use in this video?
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How do students organize their information? Look at the lesson plan.
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The English teacher expects students to produce a video at high professional standards. Do you think her expectations are realistic? Explain.
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Content Standards: Previewing Questions
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What do you understand by Information Literacy?
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Read National Health Standard Number 7 for grades
9-1. What kind of activities can teachers design so that students meet this standard?
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Compare National Health Standard Number 7 for grades
9-11 to National Language Arts Standard Number
11. What do you notice?
Content Standards: Post-viewing Questions
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Language Arts Standard Number 11 states “Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities”. Do you think this standard could be applied to other
curriculum areas? Give examples.
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How does the teacher address Technology Performance Indicator Number 10?
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How do you decide which standards you want to include in a lesson?
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Tenets of Democracy: Previewing Questions
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How does Individual Responsibility reflect in group work?
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When students work in groups, how can we ensure that everybody has a fair share of input into the project?
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What are the characteristics of a democratic classroom?
Tenets of Democracy: Post-viewing Questions
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What kind of critical thinking skills do students use while analyzing the sample video?
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In this video, the English teacher allows students to choose their work partners. This illustrates
Empowerment. Think of other ways a teacher can empower students.
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“Decision-making was the hardest part of the process because nobody wanted to offend anybody else by saying something that would make someone feel stupid. Also nobody wanted to make the other members of the group feel that
what they said didn’t matter.”- Student Reflection from the lesson plan.
How can the teacher promote a safe and encouraging environment in a group?
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Technology: Previewing Questions
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What kind of technology have you used in your environmental health classes? What were the implications for your learning?
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What is A/V production? In which areas of the curriculum can we use A/V production? Provide specific examples.
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Have you ever had to handle trouble-shooting in a classroom setting? Describe the circumstances. Who offered you support? Is it important for the teacher to anticipate trouble-shooting issues? Explain.
Technology: Post-viewing Questions
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The two teachers in this video state in their lesson plan: “We are concerned that the technology doesn’t overshadow the educational message of each project. We are concerned that the technology doesn’t overshadow the educational message of each project.” What is your position about this statement?
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What technology resources do the teacher use in this video? Think of other resources they could have used.
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Why does the teacher ask the students to write a storyboard? At what stage of the project should they think about it? What is the role of the storyboard in the production of a film?
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Teacher Knowledge : Previewing Questions
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What is interpersonal intelligence? What are the observable behaviors for this type of intelligence? Can you think of others?
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What is the role of teacher Comprehension for the success of a learning activity?
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How does a teacher illustrate Transformation? Can you give examples of Transformation for environment health classes?
Teacher Knowledge : Post-viewing Questions
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How does the teachers in this video demonstrate Knowledge of Student
Characteristics? Identify in the lesson plan elements that demonstrate Knowledge of Student
characteristics.
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Look at the lesson plan. What method of instruction do the teachers use in this video? What about in the activity as a whole? What other methods are used? Is there one method used more often than others?
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How do these teachers evaluate student learning?
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Teacher Behavior: Previewing Questions
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What are some key-issues in dealing with Covenant Management? Name some
strategies by which teachers can group students.
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What do you understand by Content
Management? Do you agree with our definition? What issues relating to Content Management did you find problematic in your teaching experience? How did you overcome difficulties?
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Have your teachers ever given you calendars for a class? Do you think it is important for the teacher to develop a calendar? How do students perceive calendars?
Teacher Behavior: Post-viewing Questions
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How are students organized while doing this project? Why do the teachers allow students to choose their own group members? What are the advantages/disadvantages of this procedure?
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How do the teachers incorporate new technology in the curriculum? Try to identify the steps of this incorporation.
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How do the teachers monitor student learning? How can teachers help students apply the newly developed skills in real life?
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