“Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.”
–African Proverb, Ovambo
–African Proverb, Ovambo
- Discuss decisions a teacher makes when managing a classroom
- Evaluate the importance of teacher attitudes toward students, parents, peers, administration and subject matter
- Identify and explain the characteristics of effective teachers
- Identify best practices for effective classroom management
- Discuss the art of reflective teaching
- Introduce zone of proximal development, scaffolding and Jacob Kounin’s terms (with-it-ness, smoothness, and momentum)
- Introduce questioning techniques and use of wait-time