B3U5Julietgao2010级.pptVIP

Unit 5 Book 3 Education Lead-in: 1  Learning Objectives 1. Reading skills: ?? 1) to anticipate the content of a passage by listing words related to the topic; 2) to scan the passage for some details. 2. To practise oral English through group discussion. 3. Critical thinking: to see things from two sides. 4. To realize the importance of learning by thinking and enhance the sense of autonomous learning and “Live and learn”. Content Part I Lead-in Part II Reading-Centered Activities Part III Language Study Part IV Further Development Part V Assignment 1) Group Discussion University (classroom) Traditionally: neat rows in a lecture room, a vast lecture auditorium, a college campus—an entity modeled after the learning monasteries of medieval times, factory model (assembly line) Virtually: nowhere, keyboard colleges, distance-learning/ online degree programs, electrically charged space (cyberspace), virtual universities, WWW (post), electronic bulletin boards, online chat rooms Knowledge Traditionally: the same standardized units of information (lectures and textbooks), the same quality inspection (objective exams), textbooks and lectures that are broken into discrete bits of knowledge. Virtually: Textbooks: learning aids (memory tools), from the collaborative efforts of online debates, conferences and papers. Teacher Traditionally: the Sage on the Stage (dominant) Virtually: a Guide on the Side Teacher Students Deep-thought Questions Why does the author drop in a hint about “the decline of the American college campus and the rise of American educational mind”? (para. 7) What does the author imply by comparing a college campus to “an entity modeled after the learning monasteries of medieval times”?(para. 15) Why does the author think that teaching via a virtual environment makes more sense for a liberal arts curriculum? (para. 18-19) Why does the author mention Plato? (para. 20) Background Information: Plato Quotes