http://teachingtoday.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/life-is-a-story/ Tutor Vancouver BC, Tutoring Vancouver BC, Tutoring Richmond BC, Tutoring Burnaby BC, Tue, 20 May 2008 20:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://teachingtoday.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/life-is-a-story/#comment-13 amayala Mon, 19 May 2008 19:40:49 +0000 http://teachingtoday.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-13 I have often believed that professional development instructors should pay as much to multiple intelligences and learning styles in the instructional techniques they use, especially if their lecture is telling us that we should be doing all of these things. It is basic modeling. It seems as though they assume that if we're all teachers we all are adults and therefore don't need anything more than a Powerpoint lecture or a folder full of papers. I must admit that the most entertaining professional development session I have attended recently was Heidi Jacobs' curriculum mapping seminar. The rest left me with my eyes glazed over thinking to myself, "I already know this! I already do this! What exactly do I need to learn more about this topic?" I have often believed that professional development instructors should pay as much to multiple intelligences and learning styles in the instructional techniques they use, especially if their lecture is telling us that we should be doing all of these things. It is basic modeling. It seems as though they assume that if we’re all teachers we all are adults and therefore don’t need anything more than a Powerpoint lecture or a folder full of papers. I must admit that the most entertaining professional development session I have attended recently was Heidi Jacobs’ curriculum mapping seminar. The rest left me with my eyes glazed over thinking to myself, “I already know this! I already do this! What exactly do I need to learn more about this topic?”

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