The Act of Teaching

• Main Authors: Cruickshank, Donald R. (Author), Metcalf, Kim K. (Author), Jenkins, Deborah Bainer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston McGraw-Hill 2006; ©1999
• Edition: 4th ed
• Subjects: Teaching; Lesson planning
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• Item Description: Previous ed.: 2003
• Physical Description: xvii, 510 pages some colour illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 496) and index
• ISBN: 0072982071; 9780073126500

Designed for the general methods course, this renowned text provides the broadest content coverage related to understanding oneself as a teacher. It provides understanding of one's students and how they learn, and understanding of what is known about the act of teaching. This book contains the most up-to-date knowledge base about the teaching profession. In its second edition, The Act of Teaching continues to provide students with the explicit, step-by-step guidance needed to get them up-and-running as practitioners of the most commonly used teaching strategies: presentation, discussion, independent study, cooperative learning, discovery learning, direct instruction, and individualized instruction. In addition, it provides thorough and up-to-date coverage of such major topics as instructional planning, maintaining time-on-task, monitoring, questioning, assuring clarity, classroom management and assessment, and providing reinforcement and corrective feedback.