Give an example and examine the practices of a teacher from children’s literature (e.g., The Magic School Bus) or popular culture who displayed each of Grasha’s teaching styles.

PERS 2001: Comparative Culture – Teaching in Today’s Society
Topic: School Climate

Teaching Styles & Fictional Characters in Literature &/or Popular Culture

Directions: Complete the tasks below for the online session.

Review the School Climate PowerPoint located in the School Climate module

Read article: Teaching With Style: The Integration of Teaching and Learning Styles in the Classroom Anthony F. Grasha, Psychology, University of Cincinnati (1995) (also pdf is in the dropbox folder)

http://podnetwork.org/content/uploads/V7-N5-Grasha.pdf

Give an example and examine the practices of a teacher from children’s literature (e.g., The Magic School Bus) or popular culture who displayed each of Grasha’s teaching styles. You only need to focus on A TEACHER THAT is REPRESENTATIVE of A STYLE: Include in your responses:

The style the teacher portrayed

Examples of why you view the teacher as aligning him/herself to the style

Benefits of the style (in the story as well as in real-life)

Drawbacks of the style (in the story as well as in real-life)

How do each of Grasha’s styles impact School Climate? For more information about School Climate see, http://www.schoolclimate.org/climate/

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