2. Educational Psychology Foundation of Teaching

3. What makes a good teacher? Knowing the subject matter Mastering the teaching skills Can good teaching be taught The Intentional teacher (Left click the video on your right)

4. Knowing the subject matter Secretary’s Title II Report http://www.title2.org/SecReptHTML/inde x.html http://www.title2.org/SecReptHTML/inde x.html

5. Mastering the teaching skills National Board of Professional Teaching Standards http://www.nbpts.org/ see standards and review the five propositions.http://www.nbpts.org/

6. Can good teaching be taught? Self-knowledge and self-regulation Reflection Decision making Application of Educational Research – disciplined inquiry

7. The intentional teacher What am I trying to accomplish? What are my students’ relevant experiences and needs? What resources are available to me? How will I know when to modify my strategy? What will be evidence of success?

8. Theory of Action Theory – a set of principles that explains and relates certain things Theory of action – your belief about how things work. Principle – explanation of the relationship between factors

9. Research methods Laboratory experiment Internal validity – we can confidently attribute differences to the treatment Randomized field experiment External validity (real life validity) Single case experiments Correlational studies Descriptive studies

10. Conclusion … teachers make hundreds of decisions every day, and each decision has a theory behind it, whether or not the teacher is aware of it. Describe your theory of action of how you manage behavior and lead instruction in your classroom. How do you address the questions of the intentional teacher?