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Factors That Influence How We Teach

Factors That Influence How We Teach. Personal Characteristics Experience in Education Context Chapter 1. Factors That Influence How We Teach. Personal Characteristics. Gender Age Experience Personality. Experience and Preparation. How you have been taught How you prefer to be taught

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Factors That Influence How We Teach

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  1. Factors That Influence How We Teach Personal Characteristics Experience in Education Context Chapter 1

  2. Factors That Influence How We Teach

  3. Personal Characteristics • Gender • Age • Experience • Personality

  4. Experience and Preparation • How you have been taught • How you prefer to be taught • How you prefer to teach • Knowledge of subject matter • Teaching preparation

  5. Context • Kinds of pupils you have • Class personality • Class size • Availability of instructional equipment • Availability of instructional materials • Time available for instruction • Nature of the lesson • Views on best ways to teach

  6. The Part Gender Plays in Teaching

  7. Age and Experience • Beginning teacher tendencies • Controlling/authoritarian • Accepting of innovations • Develop a teaching identity • Some loss of self-assurance • Other • Age

  8. Personality • Definition • Totality of character and behavior traits peculiar to an individual • Personality needs and teaching • Occupational traits and the classroom

  9. Experience and Education • How we were taught • Direct teaching/expository • Indirect teaching

  10. Experience and Education cont… • How we prefer to learn • Learning styles

  11. Experience in Education cont… • Knowledge of Subject Matter • Greater coverage vs. skipping areas • Ask more questions • Create more interest & enthusiasm • Show how knowledge is developed • Use both direct & indirect teaching methods • Teacher is seen as a resource • Greater teacher confidence

  12. Experience in Education cont… • How our teaching preparation influences teaching (Pedagogical Preparation) • Range of preparation • Extent of preparation • Attitudes

  13. Context • Number and kind of learners • Student Diversity • Class size • Direct vs. Indirect Teaching • Learner achievement • Classroom size

  14. Context cont…. • Available time • Direct vs. Indirect Teaching • Beneficial vs. wasteful • Nature of the Lesson Objectives • Strategies and methods

  15. Context cont… • National Imperatives • Space Race • Improve human relationships • Accountability • Cognitive learning theory

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