Models of Teaching

EEX 3257

Spring 2006

Motivation to Learn

Teacher Characteristics A safe and orderly classroom Instructional factors

INTASC Principles(Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium)

Knowledge of subject Learning and human

development Adapting instruction Strategies Motivation and

management

Communication skills Planning Assessment Commitment Partnership

Teaching for Understanding

Identify learning objectives

Select teaching strategies

Provide examples and representations

Encourage active student involvement on learning

Guide students Continually monitor

evidence of learning

What factors influence choice of strategy?

Teacher Student Content

Strategies vs Models

Strategies Questioning Organizing lessons Providing feedback Ending lessons with review

and closure

Models Designed for specific forms

of content and to develop critical-thinking abilities

Include a series of specific steps

Grounded in learning theory

Supported by motivation theory

Theories of Learning

Behavioral theory Cognitive theory

Behavioral Theory

Learning is Change in behavior Result of experience

Learning depends upon Reinforcement Punishment

Cognitive Theory

Theories of learning primarily concerned with: Perception Problem solving Information processing Understanding

Seeks to understand: . The nature of information How information is organized and acquired How information can be recalled and analyzed or modified

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Original and Revised

Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Application

Comprehension

Knowledge

Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 8)

Sample Unit: TravelRemembering List all the ways you can travel from one place to another.

Describe one of the vehicles from your list, draw a diagram and label the parts. Make a poster using“transportation” pictures from magazines.

Understanding Explain the method of travel you use to get from home to school.Draw a map of the route you take going home in the afternoonCompare the first bicycles with today’s models.

Applying Explain why some vehicles are large and others small. Write a story about the uses of both.Survey 10 other children about the bikes they ride. Chart the results.Demonstrate the correct way to cross the street on your bike.

Analyzing Make a mural showing children using bikes safely. Write a report about problems with modern forms of transport and their uses. Compare boats to planes.

Evaluating What changes in traffic laws do you think would prevent accidents? Rate transport from slow to fast etc..

Creating Design a vehicle. Draw or construct it after careful planning. What sort of transport will there be in twenty years? Discuss, write about it and report to the class.

Bloom’s Practice

Choose a lesson topic Using the handouts, develop an objective or

activity and questions related to your lesson topic for each level of Bloom’s taxonomy