Models, Strategies, and Methods for Effective Teaching
“The material covered is comprehensive and up-to-date.  The cases are effective vehicles for further analysis of the material covered in the chapters.”—Letitia Graybill, Monmouth UniversityPractical in approach, this text focuses on how preservice and experienced teachers can demonstrate the attributes, acquire the competencies, and meet the standards essential to effective teaching. The framework for the text is the “Teacher Competency Profile,” which guides the preservice student’s professional development from basic teaching approaches to sophisticated strategies, methods, and skills. By identifying the essential competencies of teaching and providing guidelines for meeting professional standards, this text is also of value for use in seminars, workshops, and professional reading by practicing teachers.Features in This TextProvides a sequential layout: Part I describes the background and model needed for becoming an effective teacher, while Parts II and III develop what teachers need to know and do to acquire the theory, strategies, methods, and skills honed by effective teachers.Features topics, cases, activities, and data collection instruments that have been reviewed and tested by the authors and other professionals and positively received by instructors, students, field supervisors, and cooperating teachers.Maintains a practical and easy-to-understand format and content base for students, recognizing that professional development involves a clear explanation of the principles, strategies, methods, and skills to be mastered.Package this text with MyLabSchool—a powerful set of online tools that bring the classroom to life!Visit www.mylabschool.com for more information!