Strategies and Models for Teachers : Teaching Content and Critical Thinking

by Eggen, Paul; Kauchak, Don P.

• ISBN13: 9780205453320
• ISBN10: 0205453325
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

/*0205453325 Eggen, Strategies for Teachers 5e*/This K-12 teaching methods text opens each chapter with case studies illustrating a model in actual classroom practice and translates cognitive principles of learning into teaching strategies. The text focuses on active learning, the use of research, cognitive psychology, and experience and It emphasizes the teacher's central role in the learning process. As in past editions, the fifth edition of Strategies and Models for Teacherscontinues to focus on instruction, using a models approach that links prescriptive teaching strategies to specific content and thinking objectives. This edition is composed of two main parts: the first three chapters outline advances in effective teaching, cognitive learning and motivation theory, and the teaching of thinking. The remaining chapters offer detailed coverage of the individual models, including suggestions for modifications that make them adaptable to a variety of teaching-learning situations. A new chapter on learning, motivation, and models of teaching, together with new sections in each chapter describing the learning and motivation functions for each phase of each model, help provide a more solid conceptual foundation for the models while simultaneously retaining the models' classroom applications. The practicality of this text is one of its key selling points, promising to make the fifth edition an even more vital tool for instructors and students than the previous editions have been.

Table of Contents

Models of Teaching and Developing as a Teacher

Teacher Knowledge and Developing as a Teacher

Research and the Teacher's Role in Learning

The Need for Instructional Alternatives

A Models Approach to Teaching

Learning, Motivation, and Models of Teaching

Learning: The Evolution from Behaviorist to Cognitive Views

Principles of Cognitive Learning Theory

Our Cognitive Architecture

Motivation and Learning

Essential Teaching Strategies and the Teaching of Thinking

Essential Teaching Strategies: The Foundation for Teaching Effectiveness

Essential Teaching Strategies and Classroom management: Creating Productive Learning Environments

Essential Teaching Strategies: The Influence of Our Cognitive Architecture

Beyond Effective Teaching: Teaching for Thinking and Understanding

Group Interaction Models

Group Interaction Models: An Overview

Group Interaction Models: Theoretical Foundations

Groupwork Strategies

Cooperative Learning Models

The Discussion Model

The Inductive Model

The Inductive Model: An Overview

The Inductive Model: Theoretical Foundations

Learning Objectives for the Inductive Model

Planning Lessons with the Inductive Model

Implementing Lessons Using the Inductive Model

Adapting the Model to Varying Teaching Contexts

Assessing Student Learning

The Concept Attainment Model

The Concept Attainment Model: An Overview

The Concept Attainment Model: Theoretical Foundations

The Concept Attainment and Inductive Models: Similarities and Differences

Planning lessons using the Concept Attainment Model

Implementing Lessons with the Concept Attainment Model

Using the Concept Attainment Model to Increase Motivation and Self-Regulation

Modifications of Concept Attainment Activities

Assessing Student Learning in Concept Attainment Activities

The Integrative Model

The Integrative Model: An Overview

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