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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
    11.
    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

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