Models, Strategies, and Methods for Effective Teaching

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.