In this course, candidates will
integrate knowledge of subject matter, pedagogy and available instructional technology tools, including assistive technology, to design learning experiences that engage and support all students in learning the California Common Core State Standards, along with improving students» conceptual understanding, cultivating their critical thinking, and promoting their creative learning.
In particular, they emphasize the context - specific nature of teaching and the need for teachers to
integrate knowledge of subject matter, students, and contextual conditions as they make instructional decisions, engage students in learning, and reflect on practice (Wayne & Youngs, 2003).
Not exact matches
Among the findings: (1) art activities can be
integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant
subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the
knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates
subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention
of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount
of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work
of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.
This framework recognizes that teachers should
integrate technological
knowledge with
subject matter learning, rather than focusing only on technological
knowledge at the expense
of appropriate pedagogy or the content (Koehler & Mishra, 2009).
Other researchers, including Pierson (2001), Mishra and Koehler (in press), and Zhao (2003), have provided additional support and direction for the importance
of the development
of TPCK as an important body
of knowledge for teaching specific
subject matter and for the importance
of integrating its development within the coursework in teaching and learning, as well as within coursework directed at developing
subject matter knowledge.
To transfer
knowledge from theory to practice in your online training course, consider focusing on the development
of skills that your millennial employees can implement right away; tie the
subject matter into real life challenges by
integrating scenarios that offer real world benefits and include examples that are relevant to Millennials» culture and values.Millennials need to know that there is a purpose to what they are doing, otherwise they probably won't be motivated to learn.