This document discusses the nature of the teaching profession. It begins by outlining some key characteristics of effective teachers, such as having a well-developed educational philosophy and unpacking deeply held assumptions about education. It also discusses the importance of pedagogical content knowledge, understanding how students learn and grow, and having knowledge of curricular content. The document then examines different styles of teaching and their implications, the pedagogical cycle, effective questioning techniques, and stages of teacher development. It emphasizes that reflective practice, building caring relationships, and continual learning are important characteristics of teachers.

1. The Nature of the Teaching
Profession
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3. Effective Teachers are…
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Made
Born

4. Beyond knowledge of self…knowledge of
why you are teaching:
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A well developed educational philosophy
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Unpacking your deeply held assumptions
about: what is education, the nature of the
learner, what subjects are most important,
the role of schools in society

5. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Knowledge of the organization and
presentation of subject matter in a way that
makes it understandable to and applicable by
others
Teachers are able to “psychologize” the
subject matter for students. (Dewey)
Scaffolding from the known to the unknown
(Vygotsky)

6. Knowledge about how Students Learn and
Grow
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Educational psychology studies how students
develop physically, socially, and cognitively
Our conceptions of ourselves and of others
develop in a unique way as we interact with
our world…who we think we are, who we
think others are, and what we think is the
purpose of being here

7. Good Teachers Through History
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Greece:
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Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The Sophists
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8. Good Teachers Through History
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Rome
Quintillian
Europe
Erasmus
Comenius
Montessori

9. United States: A Diverse Universe of
Examples
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
Mary McCleod Bethune
Leonard Covello
Louise Hikel Butterfield
Jonathan Kozol
P’ikea Miyamoto
Donna Graham Harris
Parker Palmer

10. Teaching Terminology
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Methodology
Discipline
Pedagogy

11. Knowledge of Curricular Content
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No Child Left Behind Act defines a “highly
qualified teacher” as: holds at least a
bachelor’s degree, full state licensure, subject
area competence, has passed rigorous state
tests in the subject(s) s/he is teaching

12. The Knowledge Base of Effective
Teachers
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Culturally responsive teachers: 1. believe all
students can achieve and succeed, 2. build a
community of learners, 3. build connections
to families and the community, 4.are
continual learners, 5. vary instructional
methods, 6.know their students, 7. are
introspective and reflective

13. Good teachers have
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Pedagogical skill to implement teaching strategies…
and pedagogical content knowledge
Reflective skills to analyze and act of teachergenerated data
Communication and collaboration skills to build
relationships
Management skills to arrange successful learning
environments
Technological skills

14. The attitudes and Dispositions of
Effective Teachers
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Star teachers tend to be nonjudgmental, are
not moralistic, not easily shocked, truly listen,
recognize their own weaknesses, don’t see
themselves as “saviors”, network, see
themselves as “winning”, enjoy their
interactions with kids, see their primary
impact as raising kids self esteem and
helping them be more humane, derive
satisfaction of lots of needs teaching kids…
but not power needs

15. Teaching as a Profession
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Theoretical Framework
Methodology supported by research
Lifelong learners
Social Institutions
Certification and Accreditation

16. It is most important that a teacher has high
levels of
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Knowledge that
s/he is teaching the
students
Skills in teaching
the subject to the
students
Positive
dispositions,
values, attitudes

17. Effective Teachers Employ These Tools
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Structure and Clarity
Motivation
High Expectations
Questioning

18. Styles of Teaching on Ends of a Spectrum
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Authoritarian – characterized by:
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Teacher-Centered
Traditional Structures
Rules-Based
Transmission of Knowledge
Centrality of Teacher Knowledge
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19. Styles of Teaching on Ends of a Spectrum
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Constructivist, characterized by:
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Student-Centered
Democratic, egalitarian ideals
Student experience of learning
Teacher as Learner who Models
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20. Styles of Teaching and Management
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Constructivism…Alfie Kohn
We punish and reward too much. Student
learning should be motivation in its own right.
Behaviorism…Assertive Discipline….Lee and
Marlene Canter. Use of rewards and
punishments.

21. My most effective teachers were….
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Authoritarian
Constructivist
Somewhere in the
middle
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22. Academic Learning Time
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This concept is dynamically intertwined with
styles of teaching. It has to do with
curriculum (more on that later), but also how
a teacher thinks about using time available.
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Allocated Time
Engaged Time
Academic Learning Time
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23. Classroom Management
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A direct function of teaching style
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Group alerting
“withitness”
Overlapping
Least intervention
fragmentation
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24. The Pedagogical Cycle
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What is the set of actions, responses,
communications that define activity in the
classroom?
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Structure
Question
Response
React

25. Academic Structure as a Goal:
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Objectives
Review
Motivation
Transition
Clarification
Scaffolding
Examples
Directions
Enthusiasm
Closure

26. Questions and Effective Teaching
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Learning to Question well is part art, and part
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Lower order questions – factual, naming, etc.
Higher-order questions – evaluate, analyze,
compare, solve a problem….
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27. Bloom’s Taxonomy:
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Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation

28. NBTS Description of Effective Teachers
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Committed to students and their learning
Know their subject matter and subject matter
pedagogy
Responsible for managing and monitoring
student learning
Teachers think systematically about their
practice and learn from experience
Teachers are members of learning
communities

29. Stages of Teacher Development
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Survival
Consolidation
Renewal
Maturity

30. Knowledge about the Community
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Connecting students to the outside world
requires that teachers know their students’
community
Eating in the community, living in the
community, reading local community papers,
talking with community members, going to
meetings of the community

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Open-minded
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An ethic of caring relationships
Learning communities

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