The article “Do As I Say and Do As I Do: Using the Professor-in-Residence Model in Teaching Social Studies Methods” by Joyce H. Burstein, is a very informative and useful article that explains how Ms. Burstein brought preservice teachers to a urban professional development site (PDS), where they learned new methods and techniques for teaching social studies to 6th grade students, by observing the methods implemented by the professor-in-residence (PIR). Ms. Burstein explains how most social studies classrooms still use methods of using textbooks and lecturing students in their lessons, where it is not very engaging or practical for students. However, in Ms. Burstein’s methods course she introduces new strategies for preservice teachers such …show more content…
Having been able to observe their PIR implement the teaching methods in a social studies classroom really benefited the preservice students to be able to see and understand how these strategies were used. The preservice teachers were educated in using primary sources, which are artifacts, photos, and documents in a social studies lessons because it increases the engagement of the 6th grade students. The preservice teachers found that using primary sources to help engage and motivate students, it also aided in developing questions made by the 6th grade students themselves. The PIR would assist preservice teachers in plan out lessons, develop classroom management skills, make appropriate assessments, and planning and differentiating instruction where they would implement in their instruction in the PDS classroom. The preservice teachers benefited greatly from co-planning and co-teaching with their PIR because it made them more comfortable running a classroom lesson, and it also helped with their confidence that their PIR was co-teaching with them during the instruction