Models of Teaching

This classic text aspires to connect teacher candidates and teachers to a variety of well-developed ways and models of teaching. It combines rationale and research with real-world examples and applications to provide a strong foundation for new educato The text contains detailed and rich variety of approaches to teaching, with sufficient numbers of illustrations in order to provide models for practical situations. Encompassing all of the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schools, this new edition proves to be at the core of a successful teacher education program. Table of Contents Preface Foreword Part One Frame of Reference Chapter 1 Beginning the Inquiry (Creating Communities of Expert Learners) Chapter 2 Where Models of Teaching Come From (Multiple Ways of Constructing Knowledge) Chapter 3 Studying the Slowly Growing Knowledge Base on Education (A Basic Guide through the Rhetorical Thickets) Chapter 4 Three Sides of Teaching (Styles, Models, and Diversity) Part Two The Information-Processing Family of Models Chapter 5 Learning to Think Inductively (Forming Concepts by Collecting and Organizing Information) Chapter 6 Attaining Concepts (Sharpening Basic Thinking Skills) Chapter 7 The Picture-Word Inductive Model (Developing Literacy across the Curriculum) Chapter 8 Scientific Inquiry and Inquiry Training (The Art of Making Inferences) Chapter 9 Memorization (Getting the Facts Straight) Chapter 10 Synectics (The Arts of Enhancing Creative Thought) Chapter 11 Learning from Presentations (Advance Organizers) Part Three The Social Family of Models Chapter 12 Partners in Learning (From Dyads to Group Investigation) Chapter 13 The Study of Values (Role Playing and Public Po