Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id UAA04493; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:24:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:24:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199812310133.TAA24243@martin.luther.edu> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Theresa Pruetl-Said <pruetlst@martin.luther.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2776] Re: essay on effective teaching X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Elm [revision: 212.4] As someone who has recently taught at both levels here is my guess on your results: College teachers probably consider lecturing from the text less important because they expect a certain level of independence from college students, that is that they will/should do the readings on their own. It seems to me that in high school students are walked through the subject area more closely by the teacher. Also remember that high school teachers see usually see their students everyday while college instructors only see their students 2 or 3 times a week. College and adult ed teachers may like their jobs a little less because more of them are part-time and working under less than ideal conditions. Most adult ed teachers are quite underpaid. Public school teachers often have union and state support for their demands meaning that more all full-time with benefits and paid a decent wage and have more job security. It seems to me that your structured lesson plan question came down in the middle which may represent differing personalities. Public school teachers are often required to a complete, detailed set of lesson plans for the year to their principal. College teachers sometimes are, sometimes aren't and never in as much detail I think. Most adult ed teachers would be crazy to try to do long-range planning since in most cases different students come and go at different times which makes long range planning pretty impossible. Also good ESL teachers (especially adult ed) try to be sensitive to the needs of their students at any given time which requires them to be flexible enough to change what they're teaching to meet these needs. Terry Pruett-Said ESL instructor NE Iowa CC, Calmar
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