Act of Teaching

by CRUICKSHANK

• ISBN13: 9780070007895
• ISBN10: 0070007896
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-23
• Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div

Summary

Designed for the general methods course, this renowned text provides the broadest content coverage related to understanding oneself as a teacher. It provides understanding of one's students and how they learn, and understanding of what is known about the act of teaching. This book contains the most up-to-date knowledge base about the teaching profession. In its second edition, The Act of Teaching continues to provide students with the explicit, step-by-step guidance needed to get them up-and-running as practitioners of the most commonly used teaching strategies: presentation, discussion, independent study, cooperative learning, discovery learning, direct instruction, and individualized instruction. In addition, it provides thorough and up-to-date coverage of such major topics as instructional planning, maintaining time-on-task, monitoring, questioning, assuring clarity, classroom management and assessment, and providing reinforcement and corrective feedback.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv	(1)
How to Use This Text Well	xvi
PART ONE The Backdrop of Teaching	1	(124)
1 Factors That Influence How We Teach	2	(14)
2 Teaching Diverse Children in a Diverse Society	16	(38)
3 Three Schools of Thought about Learning and Teaching	54	(26)
4 Getting to Know Your Students	45	(80)
PART TWO The Act of Teaching	125	(180)
5 Planning Instruction	126	(36)
6 Three Instructional Alternatives: Presentation, Discussion, and Independent Study	162	(42)
7 Four More Instructional Alternatives: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Direct Instruction, and Individualized Instruction	204	(48)
8 Evaluting Students' Learning	252	(40)
9 Reflecting on Teaching	292	(13)
PART THREE The Effective Teacher	305	(112)
10 Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics	306	(22)
11 Effective Teachers: Professional Skills and Abilities	328	(32)
12 How the Effective Teacher Manages the Classroom	360	(38)
13 Problems Teachers Face	398	(19)
PART FOUR PRACTICE TEACHING MANUAL	417	(42)
UNIT 1 Microteaching: Practicing Critical Teaching Skills	418	(7)
UNIT 2 Reflective Teaching: Practicing Being a Thoughtful Practitioner	425	(29)
UNIT 3 Room 221: A Simulation: Solving Classroom Problems	454	(5)
Glossary	459	(8)
Credits	467	(2)
Indexes	469