Models of Teaching

by Joyce, Bruce R.; Weil, Marsha

• ISBN13: 9780205593453
• ISBN10: 0205593453
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-04
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The seventh edition of Models of Teachingis written to be the core of the theory/practice aspect of the K-12 teacher education program. It covers the rationale and research on the major models of teaching and applies the models by using scenarios and examples of instructional materials. Because it deals with the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schooling, Models of Teachingprovides a direct link between educational foundations and student teaching. Therefore, the book can provide substantial support to programs taking a ;reflective teaching ; or constructivist approach.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Foreword

Frame of Reference

We begin with the idea of giving students the tools that increase their capacity for learning

The primary role of education is to increase student capacity for personal growth, social growth, and academic learning

Models of Teaching is an avenue to liberate student learning capacity and, by doing so, to help teachers take charge of their lives as teachers

Beginning the Inquiry

Creating Communities of Expert Learners

On the whole, students are in schools and classes within those schools

Both need to be developed into learning communities and provided with the models of learning that enable them to become expert learners

We study how to build those learning communities

Where Models of Teaching Come From

Multiple Ways of Constructing Knowledge

The history of teacher researchers comes to us in the form of models of teaching that enable us to construct vital environments for our students

Models have come from the ages and from teacher-researchers who have invented new ways of teaching

Some of these are submitted to research and development and how teachers can learn to use them

Those are the models that are included in this book

Studying the Slowly-Growing Knowledge Base in Education

A Basic Guide Through the Rhetorical Thickets

We draw on descriptive studies, experimental studies, and experience to give us a fine beginning to what will eventually become a research-based profession

Here we examine what we have learned about how to design good instruction and effective curriculums

And, we learn how to avoid some destructive practices

Models of Teaching and Teaching Styles

Three Sides of TeachingStyles, Models, and Diversity

We are people and our personalities greatly affect the environments that our students experience

And, as we use various models of teaching our selves -- our natural styles -- color how those models work in the thousands of classrooms in our society

Moreover, those models and our styles affect the achievement of the diverse students in our classes and schools

The Information-Processing Family of Models

How can we and our students best acquire information, organize it, and explain it? for thousands of years philosophers, educators, psychologists, and artists have developed ways to gather and process information

Here are several live ones

Learning to Think Inductively

Forming Concepts by Collecting and Organizing Information

Human beings are born to build concepts

The vast intake of information is sifted and organized and the conceptual structures that guide our lives are developed

The inductive model builds on and enhances the inborn capacity of our students

Attaining Concepts

Sharpening Basic Thinking Skills

Students can develop concepts

They also can learn concepts developed by others

Concept attainment teaches students how to learn and use concepts and develop and test hypotheses

The Picture-Word Inductive Model

Developing Literacy across the Curriculum

Built on the language experience approach, the picture-word inductive model enables beginning readers to develop sight vocabularies, learn to inquire into the structure of words and sentences, write sentences and paragraphs, and, thus, to be powerful language learners

In Chapter 19 the outstanding results from primary curriculums and curriculums for older struggling readers are displayed

Scientific Inquiry and Inquiry Training

The Art of Making Inferences

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