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Observation Skills for Effective Teaching
ISBN: 9780132229005 | 0132229005
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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The fifth edition of Observation Skills for Effective Teaching focuses on observing others and incorporating the best of what you see and hear into you own practice - one of the principal means by which you can become an effective and professional teacher. Using this text, you will learn to observe in the following eight areas: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes. These eight areas have been found by researchers to be r... MORE
| Why Observe? | |
| Goal 1 | |
| Goal 2 | |
| Goal 3 | |
| Goal 4 | |
| Goal 5 | |
| Goal 6 | |
| Goal 7 | |
| Goal 8 | |
| Lenses for Observing | |
| What Real Classrooms | |
| Are Like Rapid Pace of Classrooms | |
| Immediacy of Classrooms | |
| Interruptions in Classrooms | ... MORE|
| Social Dynamics of Classrooms | |
| Becoming Aware of Classroom | |
| Behavior: Lenses for Self-Improvement | |
| To Become Aware of Your Own Behavior | |
| To Discover Alternative Instructional Practices and New Solutions to Instructional Problems | |
| To Determine Your Personal Teaching Strengths | |
| To Focus Your Reflections on Important Areas of Teacher Effectiveness Eight Lenses for Classroom Observation | |
| Lens 1 | |
| Lens 2 | |
| Lens 3 | |
| Lens 4 | |
| Lens 5 | |
| Lens 6 | |
| Lens 7 | |
| Lens 8 | |
| Outcomes Challenges to Observing in Classrooms | |
| Sources of Influence on Observations from Outside | |
| Ourselves Student Ability and Achievement Classroom | |
| Characteristics Participatory and Cooperative | |
| Student Behavior Experience and Education of the Teacher School, Grade, and Subject Matter | |
| Individual and Cultural Diversity Sources of Influence on Observations from Within Ourselves | |
| Your Own Experiences in School Recent Influences and Training | |
| Who May Be Watching | |
| Who May Find Out Choosing a Useful Lens | |
| The Need to Structure Observations For More Information Activities | |
| Making Classroom | |
| Visits A Classroom | |
| Dialogue Reactions from Observing Ms. Kokers Classroom | |
| Observing the Learning Climate Observing Classroom | |
| Management Observing | |
| Lesson Clarity | |
| Observing Instructional | |
| Variety Observing the Teachers | |
| Task Orientation Observing Students | |
| Engagement in the Learning Process | |
| Observing Student Success | |
| Observing Higher Thought Processes and Performance | |
| Outcomes Preparing to Observe in Real Classrooms | |
| Activities Before the Observation | |
| Whom to Observe Introducing Yourself | |
| Identifying Your Goals for the Observation | |
| Finding Out the Days Lesson | |
| Finding Out About the Students | |
| How to Be Introduced Where to Sit Activities | |
| During the Observation Activities | |
| After the Observation For More Information Activities | |
| Seeing Beyond Personal Experiences and Expectations | |
| Learning to Observe Systematically Why Observe Systematically? | |
| Methods for Observing and Recording | |
| Method 1 | |
| Method 2 | |
| Method 3 | |
| Considering the Learning Climate Dimensions of Learning Climate | |
| Teacher Concerns A Teacher Concerns Instrument Observing Teacher Concerns in the Classroom | |
| Warmth and Control Dimensions of Warmth and Control Behavioral Signs of Warmth and Control | |
| Social Environment Dimensions of Social Environment | |
| Observing the Social Environment of the Classroom | |
| Cultural Diversity and the Learning Climate For More Information Activities | |
| Focusing on Classroom Management Dimensions o<$$$> | |
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