List 5 teaching techniques other than lecture and discussion that may be used in agricultural classrooms. 
Describe situations for using various teaching techniques in agricultural education classes. 
Explain the planning required for using different teaching techniques. 
Develop learning activities that utilize techniques described in the lesson.
Explain the difference between classroom management and discipline strategies.
Define basic terms related to classroom management.
Describe 4 different styles related to classroom management.

Take the pretest to see how much you know about the lesson.

  Several years ago, a series of modules on teaching techniques was developed by a national consortium. The module on Group Supervised Study contains some good information on supervised study, a teaching technique that is commonly used in agricultural education. Read this module to discover how to organize and supervise a form of supervised study.

  View the PowerPoint presentation on Classroom Management.  This gives an overview of classroom management. Download the presentation.

  Classroom management styles have been classified by some educators into four distinct categories. Go to http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/what.html and complete the inventory there to determine your classroom management style. Remember that it is very important to answer the questions in the manner that describes how you really would react to the situation, not how you wish you would react. Then click on the description of each style to learn more about the characteristics of each type of classroom manager.

  The Florida Department of Education has posted some excellent "Strategies for Classroom Management" on their web site: http://osi.fsu.edu/waveseries/htmlversions/wave3.htm. These go beyond just discipline.

  The University of Nebraska at Lincoln has developed a program for training of what they call "paraeducators". They have an excellent lesson on classroom management that can be found at http://para.unl.edu/para/Organization/Intro.html. View Lessons 1, 2, 5, and 6 within this classroom management unit. (These lessons are usually only a page or two in length).

1.What type of behavior is the teacher trying to promote in the classroom? Based upon your observation, what is the classroom management style of the teacher, and give reasons for your classification? 
2.How does the arrangement of the classroom contribute to promoting the desired behaviors of the students? 
3.What does the teacher do to promote students spending time on learning tasks? 
4.What type of strategies are used by the teacher to contribute to students paying attention to the teacher?

General Assignment: Now that you have completed these lessons, you should be prepared for the microteaching assignment for this course. This assignment may be completed any time prior to November 26. 

Microteaching Assignment: Teach a class using one of the teaching techniques included in this course material. Preferably, the topic would be an agricultural topic of your choice. If it is impossible for you to teach an agricultural topic, another topic of your choice will do. Since this course is designed for teaching secondary agriculture, try to complete the assignment in a secondary (middle school or high school) classroom. You can volunteer to be a guest speaker in a local school. If teaching in a local school cannot be arranged, an alternative audience may be approved by the instructor.

Videotape a 10 minute segment of your class to be submitted as your microteaching assignment. It is expected that you will teach more than 10 minutes, but you are not required to teach the entire class period--which could range from 50-90 minutes. Mail the 10 minute segment of videotape to the instructor. If your tape is longer than this, I will only commit to watching 10 minutes, so you may want to be selective as to which segment of the lesson you choose to videotape. Use good judgment on a starting point, however. You should begin the video at the beginning of a learning activity, but you probably will not want to include a lot of preliminary work such as passing out equipment, making announcements, etc. 

You must submit your assignment on a standard VHS cassette tape (no MiniDV, 8mm, Hi8, VHSc etc.).  The instructor does not have the equipment to view the many types of video recording formats available.  It is your responsibility to record your lesson in standard VHS format.