Complete Teacher
Sub-Title:
Skills for TeachersAuthor:
Robert SwerdlowPublisher:
Complete Teacher Academy, LLCPublication Date:
04-02-2013ISBN:
9780988862050Subjects:
EducationAvailable as:
Electronic book text, 9780988862050Description:
Complete Teacher: Skills for Teachers
Today?s teachers must wear many hats. They need to be knowledgeable about such important things as child and adolescent development, learning theory, educational philosophy, history of education, and the like. They need also be subject experts! Teachers must select content, organize content, update content, and then deliver content in their disciplines. Clearly, they must know their subjects. But knowledge, alone, does not make for a complete teacher! In reality, very few students are inspired and motivated solely by a teacher's professional and subject knowledge. Skills are also required.
Research has shown that some of our best teachers are skilled MANAGERS! Clearly, techniques for planning, coordinating, commanding, controlling, organizing, guiding, coaching and facilitating are managing skills that every teacher needs to have.
Great teachers are also good ACTORS! Skills relating to vocal expression, bodily actions, role-playing, and the use of space and props, then, need to be honed. Techniques for generating surprise, creating suspense, and using humor in the classroom are other acting skills to master.
Good teachers need also be skilled DEVELOPERS! They create and adapt a wide variety of audio-visual teaching materials for instructional use. They are able to use both traditional tools and the computer to enhance their professional productivity. Developing skills, then, also need to be honed.
And finally, teachers must be accomplished SELLERS! They must be able to sell their subjects to students. Like good sales people the successful teachers will know their audience, plan the campaign accordingly, and then motivate their students to buy into their product, which is education!
Professional and subject knowledge has long been part of the teacher education curriculum. However, necessary training in the areas of acting, managing, developing and selling appears to have been overlooked in most programs. The Complete Teacher will serve to help meet the professional development needs of both new and experienced teachers in these important skill areas. This interactive eBook uses an instructional format that is performance-based and incorporates evaluation techniques that are criterion-referenced.
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