Observation Skills for Effective Teaching - Softcover

Borich, Gary D.

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9780132229005: Observation Skills for Effective Teaching

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ISBN 10: 0132229005 ISBN 13: 9780132229005

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

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The fifth edition of Observation Skills for Effective Teaching focuses on observing others and incorporating the best of what you see and hear into you own practice - one of the principal means by which you can become an effective and professional teacher.

Using this text, you will learn to observe in the following eight areas: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes. These eight areas have been found by researchers to be related to desirable cognitive, social and emotional outcomes in learners.

This book will also teach you how to decide what to observe, how to effectively and efficiently observe in the classroom, and how to apply what you have learned through observation to grow as a reflective teacher. In addition, the book provides methodological concepts, observation instruments, and dialogues designed to help you see and practice research-based patterns of effective teaching.

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Observation Skills for Effective Teaching, Fifth Edition

Gary D. Borich

Do you want to begin developing the skills and competencies you need to become an effective, accountable teacher?

The fifth edition of Observation Skills for Effective Teaching focuses on one of the principal means by which you can become an effective and professional teacher–by observing others and incorporating the best of what you see and hear into you own practice.

Using this text, you will learn to observe in the following eight areas found by researchers to be related to desirable cognitive, social and emotional outcomes in learners: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes.

New to this Edition:

Closer alignment with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) though updated end-of-chapter activities help you learn and practice chapter content
For More Information at the end of each chapter expands your understanding of instructional media and technology
Recent findings on teaching culturally diverse students prepare you for the challenges of today’s classrooms.

Related books from Merrill Education

Effective Teaching Methods: Research-Based Practice, Sixth Edition, Gary D. Borich, ISBN 0-13-171496-1

About the Author:

Gary Borich grew up on the south side of Chicago, where he attended Mendel High School and later taught in the Chicago suburban school system of Niles. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University, where he was director of evaluation at the Institute of Child Study before joining the faculty of the College of Education at the University of Texas. He has been a member of the Board of Examiners of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and is the author or coauthor of Effective Teaching Methods, 5th Edition; Authentic Assessment in the Classroom; Educational Testing and Measurement, 7th Edition; Educational Psychology: A Contemporary Approach, 2nd Edition.; Clearly Outstanding: Making Each Day Count in Your Classroom; and Becoming a Teacher: An Inquiring Dialogue for the Beginning Teacher. Dr. Borich lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife (who is a schoolteacher) and two children.

Contributor Debra Bayles Martin received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin and was formerly an Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. She is author of Bridges: Activity Guide and Assessment Options for Effective Teaching Methods, 5th Edition.

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