Mini-lesson or Oral Report

Each person must give an oral report before the class on a topic assigned by the instructor. The length of the report will be about five (5) to eight (8) minutes. The report will be graded according to content, organization, poise, clarity of expression, appropriate use of notes, and time management. You must use the overhead or Power Point and have one visual aid. Reading of the presentation will result in immediate termination of the report. This should be regarded as an experience in teaching the class about your topic. Try to explain it in your own words. This is not a speech! When teaching the class you should speak clearly, establish eye contact, have an interesting opening, put vital information on the board, speak at a moderate rate, show enthusiasm, stress key points, have a good conclusion and a avoid slang expressions or the usual---“you know,” “you see,” “uh,” and “say like.” Check the Internet and textbook, the Education Index, Education Week, Kappan Fastbacks as possible sources. The reports and dates will be assigned the second-class meeting and you are responsible for giving your presentation on the date assigned.

ORAL REPORTS-TEACHING THE CLASS

1. Absenteeism

2. ACT-SAT – are they fair?

3. Affirmative Action Programs for Women and Minorities

4. Aids (disease) and school attendance

5. Alcoholism Among Youths

6. Alternative Schools

7. American Federation of Teachers - a Teachers’ Union

8. America’s Drug Problem

9. Attendance Problems – dropouts

10. Attention and behavioral disorders – use of Ritalin

11. Autistic Child

12. Bilingual Education – ESL Programs

13. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka – The desegregation case of 1954

14. Buckley Amendment – Student records – Privacy Act

15. Title One – Disadvantaged students – federal law

16. Child Abuse – Physical

17. Child Abuse – Emotional

18. Code of ethics for teachers

19. Colonial education in America

20. Corporal punishment

21. Gangs, Drugs, and Other stuff in a Diverse Environment

22. Culture Groups in the United States