Quality of education based upon
how we identify effective teachers
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Contents
Introduction
Part I: Education Myths
1. Myths toward Effective Teaching
2. Myths toward the Lecture Method
Part II: Effective Ways of Teaching
1. Structure of Instructional Continuum
2. Knowing Students' Background
3. Setting up Objectives
4. Psychological Security for Students' Leaning Environment
5. Advantages of Teacher Questions
6. Outcomes of the Grouping Process
7. Elements of Effective Instruction
Part III: Making Curricula and Performing Assessments
1. John Goodlad's Five Levels of Curriculum
2. Elliot Eisner's Three Levels of Curriculum
3. Assessment of Three Main Domains
Part IV: Conclusions and Discussions
Reference
What do students really want for the university education?
3. Setting Up Objectives
Objectives make students realize what they will learn. Setting up objectives is also an important
method for effective teaching. There are basically three instructional objectives, and split into
types of objectives.
- Objectives describe the information that you intend for students to know or use.
(Knowledge objectives, skill objectives)
- Objectives describe the skill that you intend for students to perform or demonstrate.
(Skill objectives, somatic objectives, process objectives, attitude objectives)
- Objectives describe the value or feeling that you intend for students to experience.
(Attitude objectives, experience objectives)
The above suggestions are particularly used for laboratory activities in my experience; however,
it is useful for the lecture class, too. If students can refer to specific objectives during
teaching and doing labs, it will be more effective.
Somatic and experience objectives will be mainly considered in physical science labs, but knowledge
and skill objectives are important to make students reminded of what they are doing.
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