Methods of Teaching

Small-group work (20 minutes)
Move from group to group as the Student Teachers work. Answer their questions, 
review the actions they have listed, and help them, if necessary, revise statements of 
action that are too long or vague. If a group is having trouble getting started, give 
them another prompt from the ‘Sample List of Teacher Actions’, or ask someone in 
the group to explain an action in the research summary and help the group put that 
explanation into writing. If the work is lagging in all groups, bring them back together 
and, working with what they have, help them construct one list. (Have chart paper 
taped to an appropriate wall surface in preparation for the next step in the lesson.)
Whole-class work (15 minutes)
Choose two Student Teachers to lead this step in the lesson: one will be a recorder and 
one will facilitate the presentations. One member of each group will read that group’s 
list. The first list will be recorded on chart paper as quickly as possible.
Actions from the remaining lists will be recorded only if an action has not already 
been read. However, the recorder will place a tick by each action as it is repeated 
by multiple groups. This will produce a frequency count of the number of times a 
particular action has been listed. 

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UNIT 5
UNIT 3
UNIT 6
UNIT 2
UNIT 7
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Closing (8 minutes)
Ask for a volunteer to summarize today’s work. Ask two more volunteers to indicate 
whether working with the teacher effectiveness research today altered their personal 
theory of teaching. If so, they should state how their personal theory changed. Tell 
Student Teachers to leave their summaries of the teacher effectiveness research and their 
interviews with two children on your desk as they leave the classroom. Remind them to 
put their names are on both papers. Review today’s new homework assignments.
Week 1, session 2 homework
Instructions for Student Teachers