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Chapter 13 Study
Becoming a Professional Teacher
Question | Answer |
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What are induction programs? | Programs that assist new teachers for at least the first year |
What are field experiences? | Practicing teaching in classroom settings |
What is distance learning? | Teaching students using technology, so that people from all over can learn the same thing |
What are the focuses of classroom observations? | Interactions, the structure of the lesson, the classroom setting etc. |
What activities can be completed in order to gain practical experience to become a teacher? | Observing, tutoring, instructing small groups, analyzing video cases, etc. |
What is micro teaching? | Students teach other students small lessons |
What are teaching simulations? | Students analyze teaching situations that are written, filmed or video taped, in order to understand the decisions made |
What is a practicum? | A short ted field based experience that allows students aimed towards teaching to spend time observing and assisting in classroom settings. |
How does becoming a teacher aid help one become a teacher? | It gives the teacher aid practice and field experience as to how teaching is |
What is a reflective teaching log? | A journal that a student who wishes to become a teacher might keep to keep track of the activities in each day and what was learned from the experience |
How is substitute teaching helpful to becoming a teacher? | School districts often hire people from their substitute teachers when full time positions become available |
What is a professional portfolio? | A collection of work that keeps track of ones accomplishments as a teacher |
What should be in a professional portfolio? | Lesson plans, curriculum materials, reflections on development as a teacher, evaluations of students work, etc. |
What can a professional portfolio be used for? | Establish a record of quantitative/qualitative performance and growth offer time, a way to show the experiences you have had, an interview tool, etc. |
What is mentoring? | A way to learn skills with one to one teaching and assistance |
What can a mentor provide? | Moral support, guidance and feedback |
What is prescription giving? | Giving an alternative solution to a problem |
What is personal storytelling? | Giving a story of experience to help discover solutions for a problem |
What is rehearsal? | Practicing of strategy to help avoid problems in the classroom |
What is role-playing? | Acting as student and teacher to figure out how to fix problems in the classrooms |
What is modeling? | When the mentor acts out and models the correct solution to problems |
What are in-service workshops? | Workshops or small classes that occur in a school |
What are teacher centers? | Locations that teachers are able to share and understand resources, methods and approaches to teaching |
What are professional development schools? | Schools that reform the teacher education with fine learning programs, research projects and new understanding for experienced educators |
What are hybrid teachers? | Teachers who combine part-time classroom teacher roles with leadership roles in the school |
What is a teacher-researcher? | A teacher who conducts research in the classroom to improve his teaching skills |
What is action research? | A classroom based study by teachers to improve teaching in the classrooms |
What are some ways that schools can begin to reform the schools? | Participating in professional teacher organizations, sharing ideas with colleagues, kneading efforts to make teachers more visible, etc. |
What is a quantitative evaluation? | Pencil and paper rating forms the supervisor uses to record events/behaviors in the classroom with frequencies/numbers of how often things happened |
What is a qualitative evaluation? | Written and open ended narratives that describe classroom events |