Dr. Caine learned at a very young age what effective teaching looked like. A big part of effective teaching came from who was teaching the subject. She quickly realized that she responded to things like visuals and interesting stories most. This gave her the drive to pay attention and take the information from her teacher.
She took this lesson with her when she started teaching herself. The results from her German class was successful and proved that making a subject interesting and fun gave the students a greater chance of learning the information more. She noticed simply lecturing and talking wasn't grabbing her students attention and the attempt was a failure.
Dr. Caine said, " They looked at me blankly. They hardly remembered the names of the theorists; let alone what they had said. My course and hard work made no impact on their teaching"
People don't react to lecturing, they need something to interest them and make them want to learn the material in order for them to remember the information. Dr. Caine's teaching at California State University wasn't nearly as effective as her teaching Reno, Nevada and New Orleans, Louisiana.
4+3.5+4.5+5 = 17/20
ReplyDeleteGreat work, a good synopsis of Caine's story, though some of the rest of the article doesn't get a mention.