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  • 1.  Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-19-2015 11:35 AM
    Hello everyone,
    I'm working on a training about classroom managementstrategies for some museum teachers who have no background in education.  Doesanyone know of any videos out there - even showing classroom teachers - thatshow teachers/museum educators/docents etc working with groups and employinggood( - or bad-) classroom management techniques?  I'm looking for things likehow to get students' attention, how to transition well, good intros andwrap-ups, how to scaffold questions, how to deal with "difficult"chaperones...etc. 

    Rather than me just give them a list and demonstrateor role play, I'd love for them to see techniques in action and identifythem.

    Thanks!

    Claudia


    Claudia B. Ocello
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    Museum Partners Consulting, LLC
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  • 2.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-20-2015 07:14 AM
    Claudia,
     
    I would go to edutopia's website. It provides a lot of innovative teaching techniques for the classroom. I think alternative learning spaces like museums can apply those same skills.
    The site will allow you to empower your docents, volunteers, teachers and get comfortable with terminology like project based learning and a few others.
    Keep us posted on what you find.
     
    Maria Concepcion
    Director
    San Juan Wildlife Museum
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
     
     



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  • 3.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-20-2015 11:03 AM
    Hi Claudia,

    The topic of tour guides/docents/gallery teachers in movies has come up a few times on the Museum-Ed ListServ. Below are links to some threads that discuss them - though they may yield you more bad/funny examples than good ones.

    http://www.museum-ed.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/talk/20060330070001/
    http://www.museum-ed.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/talk/20100428132102/
    http://www.museum-ed.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/talk/20060317173004/
    http://www.museum-ed.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/talk/20060316200002/

    Another resource I might suggest is Conner Prairie's "Opening Doors" program, which includes short snippets of videos of living history interpreters interacting with visitors. There is a training packet and DVD which was offered for sale in 2006 when the program was developed; I'm not sure whether it's still available, but I see that many of the video clips are now on YouTube. I still use elements from the training packet and the videos remain perennially good examples. Perhaps CP still offers them - I suggest giving them a call!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnHjYADQ_pk
    http://resource.aaslh.org/view/opening-doors-to-great-guest-experiences-visitors-voices/

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    Assistant Director for Adult Programs
    Peabody Essex Museum
    Salem MA
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  • 4.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-23-2015 10:52 AM
    I really enjoyed hearing about Connor Prairie's Open Doors program and would love to get a copy of their training DVD but it seems to be no longer available.

    Does anyone have a recommendation to similar programs for art museum experiences?  We're developing docent training materials and would love some advice.

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  • 5.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-20-2015 02:47 PM
    Claudia,

    The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a good place to start. If you are willing to invest in some videos, they have a store that has a number of multimedia aids to help train teachers and aid in observation. I don't have any specific links but as you are looking some key words would be "developmentally appropriate practice"

    Those are obviously from the classroom perspective, I'd love to know about some museum focused ones!

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    Washington DC
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  • 6.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-23-2015 08:36 AM
    Hi Claudia,

    There's a site that is specifically making these at the moment, and populating a variety of topics with videos.  Just learned about it a few weeks ago, and haven't had a chance to put it into action yet.  They are science-based, but a lot of the concepts are transferable, I'd think.  Includes some brief PD activities and some of them include multiple videos so teachers can reflect on various aspects.  Try it out:

    Cheers,
    -Brian
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    Youth Programs Manager/Astrophysics Educator
    American Museum of Natural History, Education Department
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    New York, NY 10024
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  • 7.  RE: Searching for videos of good teaching

    Posted 02-25-2015 09:13 PM
    Hi All--

    Here are two other resources that are addressed to classroom teachers and have useful video resources:

    1)  Jim McKnight's High Impact Instruction
    Jim is a premiere instructional coach.  The book's video examples show teaching in action and coordinate to what the
    http://www.corwin.com/highimpactinstruction/videos.htm

    2) Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion
    The book itself comes with a companion CD; the website has sample videos of particular techniques, including classroom management.
    http://teachlikeachampion.com/resources/sample-videos/

    I have used both to help classroom teachers when I was an instructional coach.  The techniques will transfer to the informal education setting, too.

    Hope that helps!

    Cathleen
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    Cathleen Randall
    Manager of Education Services
    Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
    Boston, MA
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