1. Approaches to Instruction: Introduction
EDU 330: Educational Psychology
Daniel Moos

2. Question: Who said the following?
“You want your students to learn? Don’t focus on WHAT your students are learning…focus on HOW are your students are learning.”
Answer: Me

3. Approaches to Instruction: Introduction
Behavioral Approach
Academic knowledge and skills are the focus (not social skills)
Teacher makes instructional decisions
Maintaining positive climate through reinforcement
Three components of direct instruction: Orientation, Presentation, Structured/Guided/Independent Practice
Cognitive Approach
Rooted in Information Processing
Communicate clear goals and objectives: What you want to accomplish, why you want to accomplish, and how you are going to assess
Role of organization and meaningfulness
Support “active learning”
Assumptions consistent with Constructivism

4. Approaches to Instruction: Introduction
Humanistic Approach
Focus on “noncognitive” variables (i.e. students’ needs, emotions, values, and self-perceptions)
Children make choices about their own development
“Teacher as facilitator” (not a “prescriber”)
Social Cognitive Approach
Cooperative learning:
Group heterogeneity
Group goal and individual accountability
Interaction
Interpersonal skills
Team competition

5. Co-teaching: Introduction
What is co-teaching?
Co-teaching is typically defined as two educational professionals working together to meet the needs of heterogeneous learners
What are some keys to effective co-teaching?
Planning – Who is going to lead which section? How will you support each other? The students? Plan, plan, plan!
Disposition – What are your beliefs on: fairness, grading, behavior management, and philosophy of teaching?
Evaluation – Is this model more effective in meeting the needs of individual students?
What are some barriers to effective co-teaching?
Time
Grading
Teacher and Student readinessl