Practical in approach, this text focuses on how both pre-service and experienced teachers can demonstrate the attributes, acquire the competencies, and meet the standards essential to effective teaching. The framework for the text is the “Teacher Competency Profile.” Chapter by chapter, the essential knowledge and skills for effective teaching are presented. Each chapter contains recent research and best practice information with respect to the theme discussed. This is followed within each chapter with guidelines for teaching, practical approaches to information, extensive examples, cases, and activities. The sequential framework guides the pre-service student’s professional development from basic teaching approaches to sophisticated strategies, methods, and skills. By identifying the essential competencies of teaching and providing guidelines for meeting professional standards, this text is also of value for use in seminars, workshops, and professional reading by practicing teachers.
Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements.
How to Use This Text.
PART A: BECOMING A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER.
1. Becoming a Teacher.
Applying the Research
A Teacher Preparation Model
The Professional Development Process
2. Communication and Interpersonal Skills.
Introduction to Communication Skills
Basic Communication Skills
Interpersonal Skills
3. Teaching for Diversity.
Importance of Teaching for Diversity
Learning Styles
Cross-Cultural Teaching
Special Needs Learners
Children of Poverty
Accommodating Gender
Diversity Issues and Approaches
4. Energizing Learners: Motivation and Affect
The Affective Domain
Motivation
At-Risk Students
5. Assessment and Evaluation.
Introduction
Assessment Techniques
Preparing Test Items
Marking Systems
Other Forms of Assessment
Accommodating Special Needs Learners
Assessment Trends and Issues
PART B: MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS.
6. Freeing Learners: Classroom Management.
Background for Classroom Management
Preventive Approaches
Support Approaches
Corrective Approaches
Guidelines for Classroom Management
7. Facilitating Learning: Lesson Planning and Delivery.
Background for Classroom Management
Planning Variables
Instructional Variables
Lesson and Unit Planning
8. Engaging Learners: Questioning, Discussion, Seatwork and Homework.
Questioning
Discussion
Seatwork and Homework
9. Teaching Concepts.
The Nature of Concepts
Concepts and Teaching Approaches
10. Teaching Skills
The Nature of Skills
Teaching Skills
PART C: SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES.
11. The Direct Instruction and Individual Study Strategies.
The Nature of Direct Instruction
Direct Instruction Teaching Methods
The Individual Study Strategy
12. The Indirect and Experiential Instructional Strategies.
The Indirect Instruction Strategy
The Experiential Instructional Strategy
13. The Collaborative Strategy: Interactive and Cooperative Learning.
Group Skills
Collaborative Instruction and Learning
Cooperative Learning
14. Teaching for Thinking and Problem-Based Learning.
Thinking Skills and Processes
Classic Teaching Approaches
Current Issues and Teaching Approaches
Critical and Creative Thinking
Problem-Based Learning
Epilogue.
References.
