Student-Centered Teaching at Tufts
Welcome to the Department of Education's professional development series on student centered teaching. Tufts University faculty members from across disciplines and departments are captured on video while teaching in their classrooms, and then later interviewed as they observe themselves in real time and reflect on specific moments of interaction with their students. The series seeks to share insights on how faculty members elicit students' ideas and questions, interpret and respond to their thinking, and encourage disciplinary practices of reasoning.
Silas Pinto
Education 253
Silas Pinto's Biological Bases of Behavior and Learning class was captured in the Spring semester of 2017. Second year School Psychology students review and discuss two neuro-psychological testing instruments. The discussion centers around the nuances of how the brain processes and outputs information using two similar motor-integration tests. The approach, validity and cultural considerations are raised in the discussion.