Top 10 Principles of the Efficiency Model
10. Learning small, isolated skills and facts
9. Books are the primary source of the information
8. Teachers present what should be learned and how
7. Knowledge is independent of the situation in which it is learned and used.
6. Teachers present information in a sequential series of small steps or frames.
5. There needs to be clear and precise behavioral objectives
4. Learning is an individual process
3. Education focuses on general learning
2. Everyone is taught the same ideas and in the same way.
1. The teacher is the leader!
Top 10 Challenges to the Efficiency Model
10. How do I get students to learn communally instead of individually.
9. How do I teach everyone different materials at a different time.
8. How do I involve students in reflections and resolution of cognitive conflict?
7. How do I teach within the learners "zone of proximal development"?
6. I need to become more of a facilitator instead of transmitter.
5. What challenges can they master and what problems can they solve?
4. How do I teach with more interactive and nonsequential tools.
3. They can't just absorb information, they need to learn how to navigate and how to learn?
2. The other teachers in my school don't know how to use these tools and approaches!
1. Are you saying that I am not the bearer of all knowledge?
I think you have captured the essence of the efficiency model quite well here! The challenges you have presented here foreshadow what we will be addressing in the rest of the course regarding the FACTS model (to be introduce soon to you!).
ReplyDeleteNicely done!
What is your impression of learning with the efficiency model? While these two activities focus on 'teaching', let's think about your 'learning' experiences. Is this how you learned throughout most of your education? Have you had experiences with learning in ways more like your 2nd top ten?
In High school and undergraduate I have mostly been taught through the efficiency model. There were a few classes and a few teachers who really went outside of the box to teach us in interesting ways. I couldn't tell you what it was or who they were but I remember one class....genetics. It was a tough course but I remember that it was easier because of the teacher and his teaching methods. The other class I will always remember is plant taxonomy. Everyone was taught the exact same things and we learned by LOTS of memorization! That was it. The professor just placed all of the plants on the table and left (intellectually) the room. It was the most uninteresting class I have ever taken.
ReplyDeleteThe way I learn on my own is far from that method. I use everything I can find to educate myself on a certain issue/idea. I tend to just jump right in and work through the task on my own. I am definitely like the student listed in one of the chapters I have read so far. I am not one to pick up the directions or read through the How-to page on a website/program.
Probably not a great habit of a good educator(-: