Educational Psychology

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Educational Psychology

• Foundation of Teaching

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What makes a good teacher?

• Knowing the subject matter
• Mastering the teaching skills
• Can good teaching be taught
• The Intentional teacher
• (Left click the video on your right)

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Knowing the subject matter

• Secretarys Title II Report http//www.title2.org/
  SecReptHTML/index.html

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Mastering the teaching skills

• National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
  http//www.nbpts.org/ see standards and review
  the five propositions.

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Can good teaching be taught?

• Self-knowledge and self-regulation
• Reflection
• Decision making
• Application of Educational Research disciplined
  inquiry

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The intentional teacher

• What am I trying to accomplish?
• What are my students relevant experiences and
  needs?
• What resources are available to me?
• How will I know when to modify my strategy?
• What will be evidence of success?

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Theory of Action

• Theory a set of principles that explains and
  relates certain things
• Theory of action your belief about how things
  work.
• Principle explanation of the relationship
  between factors

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Research methods

• Laboratory experiment
• Internal validity we can confidently attribute
  differences to the treatment
• Randomized field experiment
• External validity (real life validity)
• Single case experiments
• Correlational studies
• Descriptive studies

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Conclusion

• teachers make hundreds of decisions every day,
  and each decision has a theory behind it, whether
  or not the teacher is aware of it.
• Describe your theory of action of how you manage
  behavior and lead instruction in your classroom.
  How do you address the questions of the
  intentional teacher?