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Spring 1978
EDUCATION 423: Analysis of Teaching
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Dr. Philip H. Winne
Teaching can be analyzed from a host of differing perspectives, each
one of which sheds different light on the elements and interrelations of
elements which comprise teaching. In this course, three distinct but
inter-locking views of teaching will be carrehensively explored. One view-
point for the analysis of teaching will be to examine the behaviors of
teachers, ranging from discrete teacher acts through behavior patterns
to holistic models of teaching. The objective of this kind of analysis
is to describe the structural features of teaching. Another perspective
taken will be a psychological view of the characteristics and intellectual
processes which students use to learn from teaching. In this kind of
analysis, presumed linkages between two psychological theories, cognitive
processing and operant learning, and teaching behavior will be examined.
Finally, the third lense through which teaching will be analyzed focuses
on the question of teacher effectiveness as it has been addressed in empirical
research. We will review this body of research literature, noting especially
its positive findings and the major problems of doing this kind of research.
Requirements for this course are as follows: approximately 100 pages
of reading per week, a minor and a major paper requiring the application of
knowledge and skills from the course and three in-class tests. Readings
will be drawn from three required texts plus research articles and supple-
mental materials on reserve in the library. Students should be prepared to
spend about 10-12 hours per week on out-of-class work for this course.
Outline of Topics:
1. Overview of the course
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Cognitive processing views of the learner
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Operant views of the learner
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Observation methodology and behavior pattern mapping
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Introduction to research on teaching
6. Classroom climate
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Management and control of instruction
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Social systems and classroom interactions
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Cognitive levels of classroom interactions
10. Recent major experiments on teacher effects
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Models of teaching
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Extensions of research on teaching
13. Synthesizing a perspective for analyses of teaching
Texts:
Dunkin, M. J. & Biddle, B. J. The Study of Teaching
Gentile, J. R., Frazier, T .W. & Morris, M.C. Instructional Applications
of 'Behavior Principles
Joyce, B. R. & Weil, M.' Models of Teaching