Teaching Bad Apples: A Fun Way to Tackle Difficult Teaching Situations

Autor/inn/en	Turcotte, Nathaniel; Betrus, Anthony
Titel	Teaching Bad Apples: A Fun Way to Tackle Difficult Teaching Situations
Quelle	In: TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 60 (2016) 4, S.398-401 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
DOI	10.1007/s11528-016-0080-1
Schlagwörter	Instruction; Teaching Methods; Educational Games; Teacher Student Relationship; Teacher Effectiveness; Instructional Materials; Classroom Techniques; Class Activities; Classroom Environment; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Activities; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Student Reaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational game; Lernspiel; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Klassenführung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Lernaktivität; Schülerkritik
Abstract	"Teaching Bad Apples" is a game developed in 2014 for current and future teachers. It plays much like "Apples to Apples" or "Cards Against Humanity," with each player in turn reading a situation card, followed by the other players choosing their response cards. Each situation, however dramatic or bizarre, is authentic, obtained through crowdsourcing, social media, and online teacher forums. After many playtests, including feedback from practicing teachers and teacher educators, we concluded that the most effective way to teach people to deal with these dicey situations is to have players provide wildly inappropriate responses to the authentic situations, and then in the debriefing talk about "what you would really do." Effectively the game teaches by counterexample, and by making light of these situations it breaks down conversation barriers and then gets into authentic and appropriate reactions. This game format lends itself to teaching content in a variety of areas where dealing with difficult situations is important. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01