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Features

• Most chapters either open with or contain at least one Scenario, putting the instructional model into the context of the classroom.
• Provides an abundance of both classic and contemporary teaching models classified into four families for ease of use: Social, Information-Processing, Personal, and Behavioral Systems.
• Each family classification of models ends with a chapter that focuses on inquiry and includes much of the new research supporting each family of models.
• Peer-coaching guides are included to facilitate planning for practice with the most commonly used models of teaching and to provide formats for observing demonstration and peer practice (Appendix).
• Within each model the authors provide suggestions for putting the teaching strategies to use in the classroom through applications and through the use of a Summary Chart.
• Tables and figures are used whenever possible to break up the text and summarize important information to help aid visual learners.

New To This Edition

• NEW! Picture Word Inductive model was added to Chapter 5. This new model includes two curriculum studies where it was combined with other models to impact literacy.
• Stronger coverage of constructivism, metacognition, and the proximal principle included in the early chapters.
• More than 150 new research references have been added to this edition.
• Many of the models contain all new scenarios, research and applications.
• “Inner” chapters containing descriptions of multi-model curriculums and studies of their effects.
  

Table of Contents

I. FRAME OF REFERENCE.

1. Beginning the Inquiry: Creating Communities of Expert Learners.

2. Where Models of Teaching Come From: Multiple Ways of Constructing Knowledge.

II. THE INFORMATION-PROCESSING FAMILY OF MODELS.

3. Learning to Think Inductively: Forming Concepts by Collecting and Organizing Information.

4. Attaining Concepts: Sharpening Basic Thinking Skills.

5. The Picture-Word Inductive Model: Developing Literacy across the Curriculum.

6. Scientific Inquiry and Inquiry Training: The Art of Making Inferences.

7. Memorization: Getting the Facts Straight.

8. Synectics: The Arts of Enhancing Creative Thought.

9. Learning from Presentations: Advance Organizers.

III. THE SOCIAL FAMILY OF MODELS.

10. Partners in Learning: From Dyads to Group Investigation.

11. The Study of Values: Role Playing and Public Policy Education.

IV. THE PERSONAL FAMILY OF MODELS.

12. Nondirective Teaching: The Learner at the Center.

13. Developing Positive Self-Concepts: The Inner Person of Boys and Girls, Men and Women.

V. THE BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS FAMILY OF MODELS.

14. Learning to Learn from Mastery Learning.

15. Direct Instruction.

16. Learning from Simulations: Training and Self-Training.

VI. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, DIVERSITY, AND CURRICULUM.

17. Learning Styles and Models of Teaching: Making Discomfort Productive.

18. Equity: Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Background.

19. Attacking the Literacy Problem with Models of Teaching.

20. Creating Curricula: The Conditions of Learning.

21. Inquiries: A Research Brief.

Appendix.

            Peer Coaching Guides.

            Related Literature and References.

            Index.

Courses

General Methods (K-12)  [AOD TITLES]   (Curriculum & Instruction)

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• Models of Teaching, 8/E
  Joyce & Weil
  ©2009  |  Allyn & Bacon  |  Cloth; 576 pp  |  Instock
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  With the current emphasis on standards-based education, teachers everywhere are searching for programs and practices that have the strongest positive effect on student achievement. Since its initial publication in 1972, Models of Teaching, now in its eighth edition, has been considered the classic text in the field.  Rationale and research pair with real-world examples and applications to provide a strong foundation for new educators.  The thoroughly documented research on the various models of teaching (and their subsequent positive effects on student success) give teachers the tools they need to build strong classrooms that accelerate student learning. Encompassing all of the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schooling, this new edition of a classic text is at the core of a successful K-12 teacher education program.

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Models of Teaching

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First published in 1972, Models of Teaching is widely considered to be the classic models text in the field. Thoroughly updated for currency and accuracy, the seventh edition covers the rationale and research on the major models of teaching and applies the models by using scenarios and examples of instructional materials. These models have shown to accelerate student learning and act as lifelong learning tools.

What's New to This Edition?

• The Picture Word Inductive Model has been added to Chapter 5 and includes two curriculum studies.
• Stronger coverage of constructivism, metacognition, and the proximal principle is included in the early chapters.
• More than 150 new research references have been added to this edition.
• Many of the models contain all new scenarios, research, and applications.
• “Inner” chapters contain descriptions of multi-model curriculums and studies of their effects.

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