Looking in Classrooms, MyLabSchool Edition

by Good, Thomas L.; Brophy, Jere E.

• ISBN13: 9780205460236
• ISBN10: 0205460232
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This classic book provides a balanced, research-based overview of the most effective teaching methods and guides teachers to select appropriate methods by intelligent observation in their classrooms.Widely considered to be the most comprehensive and authoritative source available on effective teaching, Looking in Classrooms synthesizes the knowledge base on student motivation, classroom teaching, teacher expectations, and adapting instruction for individual learners. This book represents state-of-the-art research reviews in several areas including student motivation, classroom instruction and student learning, classroom management, and adapting instruction to the needs of individual students.K-12 educators, administrators, and superintendents.

Table of Contents

Preface

Most chapters conclude with ldquo;Summary,rdquo;

ldquo;Suggested Activities and Questions, rdquo; ldquo;References,rdquo; and ldquo;Appendix.rdquo;

Classroom Life

Action-System Knowledge

Classroom Narrative: An Elementary School Example

Analysis of the Class Discussion

Learning to Analyze Classrooms

Classroom Narrative: A Secondary School Example

Effective Teaching

increasing Teacher Awareness Through Classroom Observation

Classrooms are Complex

Teachers' Perceptions af Their Classroom Behavior

Classroom Problems Caused by Lack af Teacher Awareness

Differential Teacher-Student Interaction

Cooperative Group Learning

Factors That Influence

Selection of Classroom Tasks

How Students Affect Teachers

Multiple Views of Classroom Life

Why Teachers are Unaware

Improving Teaching Through Observational Feedback

Benefits of Classroom Observation

Problems With Observation

Dangers of Interpretation

Case Study Techniques

Simplifying The Observational Task

Reliability Of Observations

General Plan for Observing in Classrooms

Using Research and Observational Feedback

Teachers as Decision Makers

Teacher Expectations

An Example

Types Of Expectation Effects

Teachers' Expectations as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Effects of Induced Expectations

Studies of Naturally Formed Expectations

How Expectations Become Self-Fulfilling

Brophy and Good's Model

Practice Examples

Analysis Of Examples

How Teachers Form Expectations

How Teachers Communicate Expectations to Students

Students' Perceptions of Differential Teacher Treatment

Students' Responses to Differential Learning Opportunities

Factors That Affect Expectation Communicaiton

Group, Class, and School Expectation Effects

Effects Of Expectations on Students' Personal and Social Development

Other Directions for Expectation Research

Increasing Expectations

Avoiding Negative Expectation Effe

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