Learning to Teach

 


Learning to Teach

 

Learning to Teach is a life-long process. Becoming an expert teacher is a complex multi-faceted process that continues throughout the individual’s professional life. It will require several different kinds of knowledge-through knowledge of the subject matter, knowledge about schools and classrooms within them and knowledge of students, and an understanding of how teachers can help in this process.

 

-      Teaching – refers to the management by an instructor of the teaching-learning situations.

 

-      Content Knowledge – understanding content plus the ability to translate into meaningful form for students.

 

-      Pedagogical Knowledge – research-based connections between teaching and learning

 

-      Strategies – research-based action plans.