Nathan Miller

Jamie Barber

Brian Strebler

Subject: Developing Learning Communities: Language and Learning Style

Objectives: We will show how language creates a barrier to the learning process. We will use three case laws to explain the difficulties students who speak different languages face, and what regulations have now been put in place. We will achieve this with a PowerPoint presentation.

We will demonstrate how different learning styles are unique with an activity in class. This activity will break our classmates into four different groups of learners. After the activity, our classmates will understand how the different learning styles prevalent in our class will be similar in their future classes.

Materials Needed: PowerPoint presentation

Computer with PowerPoint projection capabilities

Classmates must bring completed Self-Assessments included in their workshop packets.

Procedures:

12 min. PowerPoint presentation

3 min. Learning Communities

3 min. Lau v. Nichols (Jamie Barber)

3 min. Castaneda v. Pickard (Brian Strebler)

3 min. Plyler v. Doe (Nathan Miller)

12 min. Activity

3 min. Break up into four groups according to Self-Assessment placement

5 min. Brainstorm what their strengths and weaknesses are as a group

4 min. Write top three of each strengths/weaknesses on board

10 min. Process activity with PowerPoint

4 min. Explain strengths and weaknesses of each group

6 min. Explain “Preferred ways of knowing,” and how it relates to teaching

3 min. Conclusion – wrap everything up and complete processing

Assignment: To have been done before class: Self-Assessment worksheet

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