Models of Teaching

Methods 1

Overview

• Models of teaching• Benefits, limitations• Questions for critical reflection

WHY USE MODELS OF TEACHING?

• Meet learning needs of heterogeneous groups.

• Varied outcomes, different levels of sophistication.

• Repertoire of approaches.

What are Models of Teaching?

• Prescriptive strategies to guide planning and instruction

• Supported by research based-evidence

• Detailed overview of how to teach• Role of instructor• Type of classroom structure• Ways teacher supports student

efforts

What are Models of Teaching?• Provide common language to discuss

facets of instruction common across all classrooms among administrators and teachers.

• Increases probability of learning certain skills/knowledge.

What are Models of Teaching?

• Promote awareness about how individuals and collective faculty teach.

• Helps students learn how to learn. • Conceptual frameworks grouped by

purpose and intended outcomes into 4 families.

FAMILIES OF TEACHING MODELS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Celtickendra/Four_Families_of_Teaching

INFORMATION-PROCESSING FAMILY

• Enhances making sense of new information.

• Help students learn how to construct knowledge.

SOCIAL FAMILY • Uses group inquiry and problem-solving

strategies.• Encourages assimilation and

understanding.• Relies on students’ personal and social

values.

PERSONAL FAMILY

• Emphasizes self-actualizing, self-awareness, directing destinies.

• Exploration and reflection about goals or future careers.

BEHAVIORAL FAMILY• Develop mastery in subject matter or

skills acquisition.

• Seeks specific behavioral changes.

• Measurable outcomes.

Models of Teaching Resources• Most articles on teaching models reference Bruce Joyce sometime

http://www.amazon.com/Models-Teaching-Bruce-R-Joyce/dp/0205193919• Introduction to Model Based Teaching in Science -

http://mtv.concord.org/publications/model_based_teaching.pdf• Learning Theories and Teaching Models -

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edlea.htm• Teaching Models from Virginia Tech -

http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/index.html• PBS Guide - http://www.pbs.org/unctv/nogreatercalling/educators/index.html• Teaching with models - http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/models/ especially see

the link to the physics article• Model BasedTeaching with Biologica -

http://www.springerlink.com/content/q162767200844873/• Models of Teaching and Approaches to -

http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/pmcgee/models.htm• Wikipedia -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Celtickendra/Four_Families_of_Teaching

TEACHER BENEFITS

• Improves the quality of instruction.• Systematic approach to planning for

instruction.• Facilitates awareness about students’

learning needs.• Assess impact of instruction.• Offers alternative ways of representing

content/skills.

TEACHER BENEFITS

• Develop learning experiences that yield successful outcomes.

• Facilitates student engagement in more meaningful ways.

• Explicit use of teaching models can accelerate rate of learning, capacity and facility in learning.

STUDENT BENEFITS

• Increases aptitude for learning and retention.

• Learn more rapidly.• Facilitates different kinds of learning.• Builds academic self-esteem.• Acknowledges characteristics and

aptitudes.• Promotes student awareness of how they

will be taught and what changes are sought.

Caveats• Do not replace pedagogical expertise.–subject matter knowledge –creativity– interpersonal skills

• No model is effective for everyone. • Some methods increase or diminish

desired outcomes.

Questions for Critical Reflection

1. What models do you use during instruction?

2. What other approaches do you want to use?

References

Joyce, B. & Calhoun, E. (1996). Creating Learning Experiences: The Role of Instructional Theory and Research. Alexandria, VA: Association for Curriculum Development and Supervision.

Joyce, B., Weil, M., & Calhoun, E. (2004). Models of Teaching. 7th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.