Middle and High School Teaching Methods, Standards, and Best Practices

by Duplass, James A.

• ISBN13: 9780618435753
• ISBN10: 0618435751
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2005-08-11
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards, and Best Practices is an interactive textbook that is fully integrated with PowerPoint slides, a web site, assessments to meet NCATE and INSTASC standards, and basal secondary level textbook chapters for each of the content areas. The text includes a chapter on standards, history, current issues and strategies for each of the major content areas. Providing unique coverage for differentiated instruction at the college level, the text integrates standards and methods for general and specific subject matter by drawing on professional education association web sites, covering traditional methods topics, and providing more than 100 authentic assignments. The text is ideal for courses in secondary general methods, curriculum and instruction, introduction to teaching, or for the first course of a two-part sequence in specific methods. Web-based resources, including PDF copies of middle and high school basal textbook content, lesson-planning templates, ERIC documents for current issues, and PowerPoint slides for each chapter, enable professors to easily choreograph their instruction for classes of mixed majors or single major, and courses of varying size that may be taught completely or partly online.

Table of Contents

The Teacher's Role and Context

The Teaching Profession and Craft

Challenges for a New Teacher

Standards-Based Education

The Middle School Environment

The High School Environment

The Effective Teacher

Learning Theories and Principles

Student and Teacher Dispositions to Learning

Teaching in a Diverse Classroom

Teacher and Student Communication

Inspiring and Motivating Middle and High School Students

Knowledge and Literacy

Defining Knowledge

General and Content Area Literacy

Reading Approaches for Content Area Teachers

Writing Approaches for Content Area Teachers

Organizing to Teach Middle and High School Students

Student Behavior and Effective Learning Environments

Classroom Management

Home-School Relations

Preparing for the First Day of Class

Planning Efficient Instruction

The Choreography of Daily Instruction

Instructional Approaches

Active Learning Strategies

Concept Formation

Direct and Indirect Instruction

Critical Thinking and Reasoning

Selected Models of Instructional Approaches

Methods

Modeling and Metacognition

Lecture and Note Taking

Questioning

Analogues

Graphic Organizers

Group Learning

Discussions and Case Studies

Self-Directed Instruction

Practice and Homework

Field Trips and Guest Speakers

Media- and Computer-Based Resources

Assessing Student Learning

Assessment

Alternative Assessment

Traditional Assessment

Grading

Content Area Trends, Standards, and Teaching Methods

Current Trends in Content Areas

English Education

Mathematics Education

Science Education

Social Studies Education

World/Foreign Language Education

Fine and Performing Arts Education

Physical and Health Education

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