EP final exam Flashcards
Know about discipline and the mildest intervention.
Teachers need to take into account the reason behind the students acting out and take the appropriate action for the benefit of that child.
Know about intentional teachers and what they do.
Intentional teachers do things for a reason, on purpose. They will think about the outcomes of their students and how their teaching will move students to their goal. Maximum learning does not happen by chance; it depends on the teaching choices made in the classroom.
What makes a good teacher?
Knowing the subject matter, mastering teaching skills, be intentional, incorporate 21st century skills and themes.
What is pedagogy?
Pedagogy is the study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.
What does it take to have effective teaching?
Effective teaching takes research and common sense.
What is development?
Development is orderly and lasting growth, adaptation, and change over the course of a lifetime.
nature
Nature is when development is predetermined at birth, by heredity and biological factors
nurture
Nurture is when development is affected by experience and other environmental factors.
Piaget and his stages
A. Sensorimotor (birth- 2 years):
B. Preoperational (2-7 years):
C. Concrete operational (7-11 years):
D. Formal operational (11 years- adulthood):
Schemes or mental patterns
mental patterns that guide behavior
Equilibrium
the process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences.
Assimilation
understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes.
Accommodation
modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.
Developmentally appropriate materials according to Piaget
instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children, rather than their age alone.
- a focus on the process of children’s thinking, not only on its products.
- Recognition of the crucial role of children’s self-initiated, active involvement in learning activities.
- A de-emphasis on practices aimed at making children adult-like in their thinking
- Acceptance of individual differences in developmental progress.
A child’s oral development and what influences this.
Oral language development is influenced by the amount and quality of talking parents do with their children. Oral development requires learning not only words but the rules of word and sentence structure.
How should you promote literacy development in young children?
- Reading to them,
- surrounding them with books,
- providing props to act out stories,
- making writing materials available,
- be encouraging about reading and writing,
- be responsive to children’s questions about letters, words, and spellings.
Vygotsky and what he thought affected our learning
- According to Vygotsky, learning precedes development. Learning involves the acquisition of signs by means of information from others and deliberate teaching.
Know about Erikson’s stages that deal with children from Pre-K to adolescence.
Stage 1: Trust vs. Mistrust (birth-18 months)
Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Doubt (18 months-3 years)
Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt (3-6 years)
Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority (6-12 years)
Stage 5: identity vs. role confusion: (12-18 years)
Know Kohlberg’s stages
I. Preconventional Level
II. Conventional Level
III. PostConventional Level
What are some ways to teach morality?
Demonstration/example, talking about values and how to treat others, reward good behavior
Who are delinquents most likely to be?
low achievers who have been given little reason to think they can succeed; usually delinquency happens in groups
Understand the differences that might be brought about because of cultural diversity in dealing with students.
language, beliefs, attitudes, ways of behaving, food preferences
What is cultural diversity?
cultural diversity is the existence of a variety of culture or ethnic groups within a society
What factors influence cultural background?
Socioeconomic Status, religion, home language, gender, group
identities, and experiences
What is true about boys and education?
boys are more likely to be in special education, to be held back, drop out, and be in trouble with the law; boys ARE showing imporovement
in rates of graduating college and going to college, it is just a slower increase than girls.
What is resilience and how is it developed?
Resilience: characteristic of learners that allow them to overcome
factors such as low SES to succeed in school and life.
Developed: supportive school communities, safe and orderly
environments, positive teacher-student relationships
What are things a teacher can do to help with cultural diversity?
use fairness and balance, use information from various cultures, involve parents, avoid stereotypes and do not allow bullying, avoid
resegregation and offensive assignments
Use Content Integration: bringing in examples, data, etc. from other cultures
Know about Pavlov and his dogs salivating. What is the neutral stimulus in his experiment?
Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate when he rang a bell. The neural stimulus is the Bell
What is an extinction burst?
the increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction
What does Skinner teach in Behavior Modification?
Operant Conditioning: The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior
The behavior that is reinforced and rewarded will increase
How do you retain information?
Information-processing theory- cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing, storage and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
How do we use our brain in learning?
Our brain operates on information, organizes, it for storage or discarding, and connects it to other information
What enhances a person’s working memory?
Rehearsal- repeating something over and over again in order to memorize it, also splitting things to be remembered into categories and then remembering smaller lists.
How do you help students process information into working memory
- Paired-associative learning
- Serial learning
- Free recalling
- Imagery
What are some ways to help gain students’ attention and to learn?
- Use cues that class is about to begin (raise or lower voice to signal), use gestures, repetition, or body position to communicate the same message.
- Increase emotional content
- Unusual, inconsistent, or surprising stimuli
- “This will be on the test, so pay special attention on what I am about to say”
What is needed in presenting new material?
- Lesson structure- lessons should be logically organized
- Lesson emphasis- teachers should give clear indications about the most important elements of the lesson by saying, for example, “It’s particularly important to note that…”