Anita Woolfolk Educational Psychology th 8 Edition Chapter

Anita Woolfolk: Educational Psychology th 8 Edition Chapter 1 Teachers, Teaching, and Educational Psychology Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Overview n n What Is Good teaching? The Ultimate Goal of Teaching: Lifelong Learning The Role of Educational Psychology How This Book Can Help You Learn Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Concept Map for Chapter 1 How This Book Can Help You Learn. What Is Good Teaching? Teachers, Teaching, and Educational Psychology The Role of Educational Psychology Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon Ultimate Goal of Teaching

Teacher’s Casebook n n n Award for excellence in teaching You are on the committee Lots of staff interest in the award Political? Or… Valid award for excellent teaching What is good teaching? Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

What Is Good Teaching? n n n Bilingual first grade Suburban sixth grade Two advanced math classes Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Connect and Extend n n n Describe the most effective teacher you ever had. Any examples in the news of effective teachers? See chapters 12 and 13 for connections. Check the research. Consider the ‘Connect and Extend’ sidebars throughout the text. Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Expert Knowledge n n n n Content General teaching strategies Curriculum Subject-specific knowledge Learners Settings Goals and purposes of teaching Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Reflection Question Think of an ‘expert teacher’ you had in the past. How many of the ‘expert knowledges’ did that teacher demonstrate on a consistent basis? Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Reflection Questions Compare and contrast expert and novice teachers. Use examples from your experience that illustrate your comparisons and contrasts. Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Teaching: Artistry, Technique, and a Lot of Work! Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Art versus Science n n n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon Teaching as a science: effective techniques Teaching as an art: reflective, inventive Teaching as art and science combined

A Perspective on the Art versus Science Question Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Where the world ceases to be the stage for personal hopes and desires, where we, as free beings, behold it in wonder, to question and to contemplate, there we enter the realm of art and science. If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science. . . continued Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

. . . if we show it in forms whose interrelationships are not accessible to your conscious thought but are intuitively recognized as meaningful, we are doing art. Common to both is the devotion to something beyond the personal, removed from the arbitrary. Albert Einstein Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

The Role of Educational Psychology Understanding and improvement of instruction n What people think and do as they teach and learn n Solving the everyday problems of education n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Would Teaching Be a Good Career for Me? Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Common Concerns Classroom discipline n Motivating students n Accommodating differences n Evaluating student work n Dealing with parents n “Reality shock” n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

The Ultimate Goal of Teaching: Life Long Learning Self-regulated learning n Knowledge n Motivation n Volition n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Common Sense versus Research Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Common Sense? Taking turns in primary reading class. n Classroom management: student movement. n Skipping grades for bright students. n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Research Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Overview of Research n n n Descriptive research n Ethnography n Participant observation n Case studies n Correlation Experimental research n Causal n Manipulative Principles and theories Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Correlations n n n n -. 54. 83 -. 07. 96 Strength and direction Size of number is the strength The sign (+ or -) is the direction Positive = same direction Negative = opposite directions Range is -1. 00 to +1. 00 Does NOT indicate cause Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Experimental Research n n n n Comparable groups of subjects Random assignment of subjects Treatment Measurement after treatment Statistically significant Principle Theory Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Reflection Question Students in a classroom are being divided into two groups to test a new teaching method. They are assigned to the groups by drawing numbers from a hat. What kind of research is being used? Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

How this book can help you learn. Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

How this book can help you learn: n Getting ready to learn: n n Outline Overview “What would you do? ” Aids to understanding: n n Checkpoints Summary Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

How this book can help you learn: n Applying the knowledge: n n n “What would you do? ” Guidelines Point/counterpoint Becoming a professional Becoming a good teacher Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Summary What Is Good Teaching? n The Ultimate Goal of Teaching: Lifelong Learning n The Role of Educational Psychology n How This Book Can Help You Learn n Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Review Questions n n What do expert teachers know? What are the artistic and scientific aspects of teaching? What are the concerns of beginning teachers? Describe self-regulated learning. Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

Review Questions n n n What is Educational Psychology? Describe descriptive statistics. What are correlations? What are experimental studies? Distinguish between principles and theories. Copyright 2001 by Allyn and Bacon

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