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>> Professor Linda Sherwood: When I started teaching
at Eastern, I felt that the students needed more hands-on
face time with the students to have real world
classroom experiences.
I set about developing partnerships where students
were allowed to get into the classroom other than in
their practicum experience.
The principal at Martinsville contacted me to see
if I had students that would be willing to come
and assist at Martinsville Elementary for a fine arts day.
In each classroom there was something different
for them to experience.
They get to see an Irish tap dancer, they get to come and
sing, learn a little bit about the piano, do some 2D art,
some 3D art, so it gives me the opportunity to see from their
point of view what is it that excites them;
what is it that gets them going;
how do I interact with them to motivate them to learn?
>> Professor Sherwood: Another experience that
my EIU students have had is going to the
Mattoon Middle School to teach and help review social studies.
We meet once a semester and we decide what chapter it's going
to be over and I send her my PowerPoint slides
and the things the kids learn, and her students take that
and make review games that interact with students
and they get to know the information better.
We just incorporated some hands on learning in some new
and interesting ways that got the whole group involved.
>> Professor Sherwood: Our students have an opportunity
that they would not get otherwise until they
were out in practicum and then student teaching.
It just offers them more background to build on.
When you start student teaching, it's a whole different world and
you really get to know the students, and this is a just
a little taste of what it's like to manage a classroom,
have a review game going with multiple students and manage
that--classroom behavior with having something fun going on.
>> Jeniece: I was able to kind of do
all of that in one--plan ahead, get the materials,
the sheets they needed to read from, all of that good stuff.
>> Anders: I think any time you spend
in the classroom is absolutely critical.
Any real world experience that you can get is essential to
adding to your learning and really getting your feet wet
so you're ready for the environment of the classroom.
Probably the most fun I have here at school is when we get
in the classroom and actually get to interact with the kids
and learn from each other.