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Teacher development approaches

This document discusses different approaches to improving teaching skills, including workshops, seminars, journal writing, teacher support groups, critical incident analysis, action research mentoring, classroom observations, and supervision. Workshops involve groups of 10-25 people meeting to improve skills through discussion and practice. Seminars are shorter discussions led by experts. Journal writing allows teachers to reflect and improve writing. Support groups let teachers share problems and ideas. Critical incident analysis and action research mentoring help teachers evaluate their own practices. Classroom observations and supervision provide feedback to help teachers develop.

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Unit 4 4.2
What is an approach?  A way of dealing with a situation or problem.  The definition of approach refers to the process of going towards something  An approach is a way of looking at something
Different approaches are:  Workshops  Seminars  Journal writing  Teachers support group  Critical incidents analysis  Action research mentoring  Classroom observation  Supervision proportion collection
Workshops  Workshop is defined as an assembled group of people group of 10 to 25 persons who share a common interest or problem. They meet together to improve their skill of a subject through intensive study, research, practice and discussion"
To be continue..  There is a complete and an active involvement by the participants. • The whole point of attention is to work and learn from practical experiences.  Participants are expected to work as reporters or a leader. • Workshop offers each member an opportunity to make his or her own contribution. Every learner has a worth and contributes to the common goals.  Cooperation is a technique and way and is the primary way in the workshop method of teaching.
Seminar  Seminars are simply a group of people comming together for the discussion and learning of specific techniques and topics. Usually there are several keynote speakers within each seminar, and these speakers are experts in their own fields or topic.  A group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions.
To be continue..  The participant get input, motivation, support by their experts.  Attendance to seminars will help create an effective learning environment, improve teaching-learning situations, keep updated on modern instructional devices and inspire them to become better teachers in the modern world.
Difference between Workshop and Seminar  Participants are more active.  More interactive and participatory.  Questions are addressed through group discussion.  Workshop is two-way direction activity.  Workshop is longer(1- 3 days)  Upto 30 participants are included.  Participants are less active.  Less interactive and less participatory  A seminar is one-way activity  Questions are addressed at the end of session  Over 100 participants are included.  Semiar is shorter
Journal writing  Journaling is simply the act of informal writing as a regular practice. Journals take many forms and serve different purposes, some creative some personal.  Writers keep journals as a place to record thoughts, practice their craft, and catalogue ideas as they occur to them  Journals give feedback regarding: Academic performance: Reading through journal entries can help teachers identify writing errors in sentence structure, grammar and spelling. Teachers can use this knowledge to personalize instruction and help students improve their skills.
Teachers support group  Sharing problems and knowledge with other teachers.  Support groups are motivating and allow teachers to reflect on their approach to teaching and take ideas back into the classroom.  "It’s about teachers coming together, sharing the problems that you experience in the classroom, carrying the ideas from one another and going back to implement, or correct what you think you are not doing properly. It can happen within the school or with teachers from other schools, and it benefits teachers a lot." Nunu Ncube, Open Learning Systems Education Trust, South Africa.
Critical incidents analysis  Critical Incident Technique – Is a task analysis technique that through personal narratives effective and ineffective job performance behaviors are determined and identified.  Analysis of critical incidents helps teachers know more about how they teach. It also helps them to question their own teaching practice which enables them to develop professionally. The main purpose of analyzing a critical incident is to identify good practices of teaching a teacher is adopting.
Action research mentoring  According to Hensen, action research (a) helps teachers develop new knowledge directly related to their classrooms, (b) promotes reflective teaching and thinking, (c) expands teachers' pedagogical repertoire, (d) puts teachers in charge of their craft, (e) reinforces the link between practice and student achievement.  The process allows them to experience problem solving and to model it for their students. They carefully collect data to diagnose problems, search for solutions, take action on promising possibilities, and monitor whether and how well the action worked.
Supervision proportion collection  Performance-Based Supervision and Evaluation gives teachers a higher degree of control over the evaluation process as they work on a self-selected improvement objective aimed at bringing their students to higher levels of knowledge and understanding.  The aims of instructional supervision are as follows: (1) to provide objective feedback to teachers; (2) to diagnose and solve teaching problems; (3) to help teachers develop their strategies and skills; (4) to evaluate teachers for promotions or appointments; and (5) to help teachers maintain a positive attitude
Classroom observation  Classroom observations – which make up the majority of a teacher's summative rating in most States and districts – give teachers the opportunity to receive meaningful and direct feedback about their practice. They can also inform the development of resources to help teachers address areas for improvement.
These approaches will definitely help teachers improve their teaching career.
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