Models Of Teaching

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This classic text aspires to connect teacher candidates and teachers to a variety of well-developed ways and models of teaching. It combines rationale and research with real-world examples and applications to provide a strong foundation for new educators. The text contains detailed and rich variety of approaches to teaching, with sufficient numbers of illustrations in order to provide models for practical situations. Encompassing all of the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schools, this new edition proves to be at the core of a successful teacher education program. New To This Edition New studies on models of teaching apprise readers with current picture of education today. Refreshed and updated research ensuring accuracy and currency. Abundance of both classic and contemporary teaching models, classified into four families: Social, Information-Processing, Personal and Behavioral Systems. Each model includes suggestions for putting the teaching strategies to use in classroom with applications and through a Summary Chart. Table of Contents Preface Foreword Part One Frame of Reference Chapter 1 Beginning the Inquiry (Creating Communities of Expert Learners) Chapter 2 Where Models of Teaching Come From (Multiple Ways of Constructing Knowledge) Chapter 3 Studying the Slowly GrowingKnowledge Base on Education (A Basic Guide through the Rhetorical Thickets) Chapter 4 Three Sides of Teaching (Styles, Models, and Diversity) Part Two The Information-Processing Family of Models Chapter 5 Learning to Think Inductively (Forming Concepts by Collecting and Organizing Information) Chapter 6 Attaining Concepts (Sharpening Basic Thinking Skills) Chapter 7 The Picture-Word Inductive Model (Developing Literacy across the Curriculum) Chapter 8 Scientific Inquiry and Inquiry Training (The Art of Making Inferences) Chapter 9 Memorization (Getting the Facts Straight) Chapter 10 Synectics (The Arts of Enhancing Creative Thought) Chapter 11 Learning from Presentations (Advance Organizers) Part Three The Social Family of Models Chapter 12 Partners in Learning (From Dyads to Group Investigation) Chapter 13 The Study of Values (Role Playing and Public Policy Education) Part Four The Personal Family of Models Chapter 14 Nondirective Teaching (The Learner at the Center) Chapter 15 Developing Positive Self-Concepts (The Inner Person of Boys and Girls, Men and Women) Part Five The Behavioral Systems Family of Models Chapter 16 Learningto Learn from Mastery Learning Chapter 17 Direct Instruction Chapter 18 Learning from Simulations (Training and Self-Training) Part Six Individual Differences, Diversity, and Curriculum Chapter 19 Learning Styles and Models of Teaching (Making Discomfort Productive) Chapter 20 Equity (Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Background) Chapter 21 Creating Curriculums (The Conditions of Learning) Chapter 22 A Bit of the Future (Distance Education and Leaving None Behind) Afterword Appendix: Peer Coaching Guides Related Literature and References Index