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Explore personal characteristics, experience, and context influencing teaching practices. Discuss gender, age, personality, and subject knowledge impact. Learn about teacher preparation, class dynamics, instructional resources, and lesson nature.
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Factors That Influence How We Teach Personal Characteristics Experience in Education Context Chapter 1
Personal Characteristics • Gender • Age • Experience • Personality
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
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
Age and Experience • Beginning teacher tendencies • Controlling/authoritarian • Accepting of innovations • Develop a teaching identity • Some loss of self-assurance • Other • Age
Personality • Definition • Totality of character and behavior traits peculiar to an individual • Personality needs and teaching • Occupational traits and the classroom
Experience and Education • How we were taught • Direct teaching/expository • Indirect teaching
Experience and Education cont… • How we prefer to learn • Learning styles
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
Experience in Education cont… • How our teaching preparation influences teaching (Pedagogical Preparation) • Range of preparation • Extent of preparation • Attitudes
Context • Number and kind of learners • Student Diversity • Class size • Direct vs. Indirect Teaching • Learner achievement • Classroom size
Context cont…. • Available time • Direct vs. Indirect Teaching • Beneficial vs. wasteful • Nature of the Lesson Objectives • Strategies and methods
Context cont… • National Imperatives • Space Race • Improve human relationships • Accountability • Cognitive learning theory