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Act of Teaching

ISBN: 9780070007895 | 0070007896
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div
Pub. Date: 7/23/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
Designed for the general methods course, this renowned text provides the broadest content coverage related to understanding oneself as a teacher. It provides understanding of one's students and how they learn, and understanding of what is known about the act of teaching. This book contains the most up-to-date knowledge base about the teaching profession. In its second edition, The Act of Teaching continues to provide students with the explicit, step-by-step guidance needed to get them up-and-running as practitioners of the most commonly used teaching strategies: presentation, discussion, independent study, cooperative learning, discovery learning, direct instruction, and individualized instruction. In addition, it provides thorough and up-to-date coverage of such major topics as instructional planning, maintaining time-on-task, monitoring, questioning, assuring clarity, classroom management and assessment, and providing reinforcement and corrective feedback.
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Prefacexv(1)
How to Use This Text Wellxvi
PART ONE The Backdrop of Teaching1(124)
1 Factors That Influence How We Teach
2(14)
2 Teaching Diverse Children in a Diverse Society
16(38)
3 Three Schools of Thought about Learning and Teaching
54(26)
4 Getting to Know Your Students
45(80)
PART TWO The Act of Teaching125(180)
5 Planning Instruction
126(36)
6 Three Instructional Alternatives: Presentation, Discussion, and Independent Study
162(42)
7 Four More Instructional Alternatives: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Direct Instruction, and Individualized Instruction
204(48)
8 Evaluting Students' Learning
252(40)
9 Reflecting on Teaching
292(13)
PART THREE The Effective Teacher305(112)
10 Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics
306(22)
11 Effective Teachers: Professional Skills and Abilities
328(32)
12 How the Effective Teacher Manages the Classroom
360(38)
13 Problems Teachers Face
398(19)
PART FOUR PRACTICE TEACHING MANUAL417(42)
UNIT 1 Microteaching: Practicing Critical Teaching Skills
418(7)
UNIT 2 Reflective Teaching: Practicing Being a Thoughtful Practitioner
425(29)
UNIT 3 Room 221: A Simulation: Solving Classroom Problems
454(5)
Glossary459(8)
Credits467(2)
Indexes469

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