The fifth edition of Observation Skills for Effective Teaching focuses on one of the principal means by which you can become an effective and professional teacher—by observing others and incorporating the best of what you see and hear into you own practice. You will learn to observe in the following eight areas: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes. These eight areas have been found by researchers to be related to desirable cognitive, social and emotional outcomes in learners.

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Observation Skills for Effective Teaching, Fifth Edition

Gary D. Borich

Do you want to begin developing the skills and competencies you need to become an effective, accountable teacher?

The fifth edition of Observation Skills for Effective Teaching focuses on one of the principal means by which you can become an effective and professional teacher–by observing others and incorporating the best of what you see and hear into you own practice.

Using this text, you will learn to observe in the following eight areas found by researchers to be related to desirable cognitive, social and emotional outcomes in learners: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes.

This book will also teach you how to decide what to observe, how to effectively and efficiently observe in the classroom, and how to apply what you have learned through observation to grow as a reflective teacher. In addition, the book provides methodological concepts, observation instruments, and dialogues designed to help you see and practice research-based patterns of effective teaching.

New to this Edition:

Closer alignment with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) though updated end-of-chapter activities help you learn and practice chapter content
For More Information at the end of each chapter expands your understanding of instructional media and technology
Recent findings on teaching culturally diverse students prepare you for the challenges of today’s classrooms.

Related books from Merrill Education

Effective Teaching Methods: Research-Based Practice, Sixth Edition, Gary D. Borich, ISBN 0-13-171496-1

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