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Inspired to Teach,
Teach to InspireWGSProfessional Development Conversations Seriesfor Practicuum and UCT
Mdm Masayu MahmudWoodgrove Secondary School
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Lit Review on Support Needed by BTs
To enable the induction of newly appointed teachers into the teaching profession by providing support for their
personal/emotional needs, their professional and practical needs and the development of their critical reflectionin relation to their teaching practice.
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What are the skills needed in
the 21stcentury classroom?
Everyone remembers
having an inspired
teacher. But what
really made theminspired, what
teaching skills do they
regularly employ, and
how can any teacherbecome one?
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Skill 1: Knowing The Subject
Best teachers graduallybuild a richunderstanding of thesubjectsthey teach
Display the ability toorganize and re-organize whateverknowledge they have in
order to make it highlyaccessibleto learners.
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Skill 2: Using knowledge of T&L
Great teachers mergegeneral informationabout learning with wideknowledge of specific
teaching methods and;
Adapt their plans to fita specific class, as wellas the groups and
individuals within thatclass so as to increaselearning.
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Skill 3: Solving Problems
Inspired teachers havelearned to imagine thelearning task from thestudents perspective andidentify student problemswith the material.
These teachers are able toadapt lessons tostudents needs inadvance or during theteaching process becauseof their awareness of a
broader array ofinstructional goals.
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Skill 4: Improvising
Improvising-Expert
teachers understandand useimprovisationaltechniques; they arecomfortable using theSocratic method orother highly interactiveapproaches,
Respond accuratelyand effectively tounexpected questionsthat students generate.
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Skill 5: Managing a classroom
Highly effective teachersconsider possiblereasons behind studentsbehaviors and;
Adjust their ownteaching and proceduresto dramatically increasethe likelihood thatclassroom behavior is
appropriate, students areproductive and thatlearning is occurring.
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Skill 6: Interpreting Events inProgress Compared to novices,
expert teachers noticemore of what isoccurring in theclassroom, especiallyevents that impactlearning; they chunkthese observation intomeaningful units, and
Make choices thatcause positivechanges ininteraction andinstruction, even whendistractions occur.
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Skill 7: Being sensitive to
context
The wisest teacherscome to understandtheir own outlooks aswell as their
relationship to thepersonal, social, andculturalcharacteristics oftheir students; then
these teachers makecontinual adjustmentsto balance thecomplexities thatconnect these factors.
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Skill 8: Monitoring Learning
Excellent teacherscontinually samplestudentsunderstanding, both
formally and informally,in order to determinestudents developingcomprehension levels
and notice whetherstudents are attentive,and whether they aremastering material.
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Skill 9: Testing Hypotheses
Outstanding teachers
take steps to identify
root problems.
They consider andevaluate numerous
hypotheses rather than
just the first one that
comes to mind, andintentionally test the
one selected, trying
others if the first is
not effective.
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Skill 10: Demonstrating respect
The finest teachersreduce the vulnerability ofall those they work with inorder to continuously
demonstrate a concernfor the best interests ofeach individualwithwhom they have contact,
resulting in work andclassroom relationshipswhich are more positiveand effective.
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Setting rules is also a
form of showing
respect for teacher aswell as students.
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Skill 11:Showing Passion forTeaching and Learning
Outstanding
teachers expressand demonstratehigh levels of
commitment toteaching well andto improvingstudent learningand they show a
strong sense ofmission regardingthe workthey do inschools.
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Skill 2:Helping Students ReachHigher Levels of Understanding The best teachers
are able to lead anever-larger percent
of their students totry harder, do more,understand betterand find greater
intrinsicsatisfaction inlearning.
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Skill 13: Helping Students SeeComplexity Well-developed
teacher help studentslearn how to mull
over facts andcontradictoryinformation, evaluateand synthesize their
meanings and formnew interpretationsbased on those deepconsiderations of
relevant factors.