Becoming An Effective Teacher

Question 1

List 4 priorities for teachers who want their pupils want to learn more

Answer 1

1) Understand the content they are teaching and how it is learnt
2) Create a supportive environment for learning
3) Manage classroom to maximise opportunity to learn
4) Present content, activities and interactions that activate their student’s thinking

Question 2

What are 3 areas of understanding the content

Answer 2

• Having deep and fluent knowledge
• Curriculum Sequencing
• Knowledge of tasks, assessments, activities

Question 3

What is diagnostic and didactic potential?

Answer 3

Diagnostic- assessment of the extent of student’s subject-matter knowledge
Didactic- how you present the information to children

Question 4

How can you create a supportive environment in the classroom?

Answer 4

• Promote interactions and relationships
  avoiding negative emotions; being sensitive to all individual needs, emotions, culture and beliefs
• Promoting a positive climate
• Promoting learner motivation
• Creating a climate of high expectations

Question 5

How can you maximise the opportunity to learn in a classroom? (4)

Answer 5

• Managing time and resources efficiently; maximise productivity (smooth transitions) and minimise wasted times
• Give clear instructions
• Ensuring rules, expectations and consequences for behaviour are explicit, clear and consistently applied
• Reinforcing positive student behaviours

Question 6

How can you activate hard thinking? (3)
Clue ⬇️

S.E.Q.I.A

Answer 6

1. Structuring- appropriate sequence of learning tasks
2. Explaining-presenting and communicating new ideas clearly + engaging explanations and connections to prior knowledge
3. Questioning- effective questioning and dialogue to promote elaboration
4. Interacting-feedback
5. Activating- helpfully students to plan, regulate and monitor their learning