Teaching Methods 


for Beginner Teachers

"Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it" -Cicero 

Gabe Hernandez
Alvina Rehman
Zohra Maknojia
Gabe: 
! In order to choose which instructional
method best suits your students consider the
following:
! What is the purpose of teaching the content?
! What are my student's needs?
! What are the cognitive abilities of my students?
! What are their mental characteristics? How do
they think?
! How are their attention spans?
What you should know...
! Texas employs the constructivist approach (content exam) as it believes the
teacher is a facilitator and students are active participants in the learning
process. 
! This process supports student centered learning. For example, in English, It is
where students are writing, speaking, and reading by themselves with little
support or direct instruction from the teacher. 
! It employs Higher order thinking: Analyzing, Synthesizing, evaluating/Judging. 
! Making sure students follow these steps, you will be helping them build cognitive
confidence and help dependent students turn into independent students. 
! These strategies involve students actively participating in their learning (Moore,
pg.315). Even though it is not suggested to use this strategy to teach
fundamental information, students are able to go beyond the basics to make
their own conclusions and generalizations. 
Bloom's Taxonomy
! Moore suggests that teachers use both methods, direct and indirect, in order to
maximize student retention of information. 
! In order for students to truly retain information, teachers must familiarize
themselves with Bloom's Taxonomy (revised, 2001): Remember, Understand, Apply,
Analyze, Evaluate, and Create. All of these include a list of words that help
students perform each category of demands. 

! Examples of words: 
! Remember
! Recognizing
! Recalling
! Understand
! Interpreting
! Inferring
! Explaining
Why invest in learning about cognitive
domains?
1. Objectives (learning goals) are important to establish in a pedagogical
interchange so that teachers and students alike understand the purpose
of that interchange.
2. Teachers can benefit from using frameworks to organize objectives
because organizing objectives helps to clarify objectives for themselves
and for students.
3. Having an organized set of objectives helps teachers to:
! “plan and deliver appropriate instruction”
! “design valid assessment tasks and strategies” 
! “ensure that instruction and assessment are aligned with the
objectives.” (Mcdaniel, 1970).
It's all about Self-Efficacy!
! Of course, "what can be considered the best teaching practices
constitutes an inherently unending debate, as it is a consensus
that the best practices vary with context and goals" (Good, et
al., 2006). The truth is that most teachers at some point or
another, will find themselves employing both constructivist or
direct instruction agendas. 
! Inclusively, researchers have "concluded that high self-efficacy
influences teachers’ interpretation of successes and
disappointments, the standards they set and their approaches to
coping with difficult instructional situations (Bandura, 1997).
! Teachers may find themselves using different models, modes,
and strategic process in order to best teach students based on
their needs however teaching students resiliency and strategies
for being a better student are proven to increase teaching
quality.
! Self-efficacy extends to the belief that teachers who are
confident in themselves produce confident students in the
classroom. This means students goals, expectations, and
strategies used to tackle instructional demands will be higher.
Self-efficacy does not just aide the teacher, it instructs,
coaches, and develops all students in the class. 
Alvina:

Attention Class!!! 

Best ways to be the Best Teacher.
• It's not about you; it's about them. ...
• Study your students. ...
• Students take risks when teachers create a safe environment. ...
• Great teachers exude passion as well as purpose. ...
• Students learn when teachers show them how much they need to
learn. ...
• Keep it clear even if you can't keep it simple.
• Practice vulnerability without sacrificing credibility
• Teach from the heart.
• Repeat the important points.
• Stop talking — and start listening.
Effective Teaching Strategies: Keys to Classroom
Excellence

! Interest and explanation

! Concern and respect for students and student learning

! Appropriate assessment and feedback

! Clear goals and intellectual challenge

! Independence, control and active engagement

! Learning from students

What you need to know
about your teaching style

! Although it is not the teacher’s job to

entertain students, it is vital to engage
them in the learning process. Selecting a
style that addresses the needs of diverse
students at different learning levels
begins with a personal inventory—a self-
evaluation—of the teacher’s strengths
and weaknesses. As they develop their
teaching styles and integrate them with
effective classroom management skills,
teachers will learn what works best for
their personalities and curriculum.
Student-Centered Approach to Learning

! While teachers are still an authority

figure in a student-centered teaching
model, teachers and students play an
equally active role in the learning
process.
! The teacher’s primary role is to coach
and facilitate student learning and
overall comprehension of material, and
to measure student learning through
both formal and informal forms of
assessment, like group projects, student
portfolios, and class participation. In the
student-centered classroom, teaching
and assessment are connected because
student learning is continuously
measured during teacher instruction.
 Zohra: slides from 12-16



Setting Classrooms Expectations
! Expectations for Students and developing learning goals
! Expectations for parents by providing parents with clear guidelines for
acceptable behavior
! Setting an example and showing students what acceptable behaviors are by
modeling the yourself behaviors
! Completing the journey together by establishing the best way to succeed in
the classroom together
Gutierrez, A. (2018). Setting Classroom Expectations | Edudemic. [online]
Edudemic.com. Available at: http://www.edudemic.com/setting-classroom-
expectations/ [Accessed 7 Mar. 2018].
 Three advanced methods of teaching for high school educators




! Visualization ! Can be hard  to understand  disconnected facts

! Wisely managed classroom technology
! Active learning: Peer instruction,
discussion groups, and collaborative
problem solving
lists
! Visualization is an especially good teaching
strategy for reading and literacy
! Digital learning tools can enhance students
experience
! Education week for uses devices respectfully
and preventing damage.
! devoting to active learning projects.
! Small group research online, chart out ideas,
and discuss ways to meet the challenge.

➢ Concordia University-Portland. (2018). 3 Innovative Methods of Teaching for High School Educators. [online]
Available at: https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/3-innovative-methods-of-
teaching-for-high-school-educators/ [Accessed 7 Mar. 2018].
Teaching method and strategies






! Cooperative learning requires planning and preparation by teachers.

! For e.g. group assignment

! Direct instruction which help teachers to guide and explain that’s students
need to know.
! Inquiring learning in which teachers question delivery, students playing an
active role 
! American InterContinental University. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2018,
from https://www.aiuniv.edu/blog/2015/november/teaching-methods-and-
strategies
Teaching techniques for science teachers

! Involvement in teaching each other about science

! Engaging students into real case studies- strengthen in class learning
! Current Events Tie-Ins
! Follow up hands on activities assign to student to research the results 
! Edu-nova.com. (2018). Teaching Techniques for Science Teachers. [online]
Available at: http://www.edu-nova.com/teaching-techniques-for-science-
teachers.html [Accessed 13 Mar. 2018].
 Effective teaching practices

 
! New unit of study or project clearly.
! Asking questions when discussing in classroom
! Giving feedback to students where they need improvements
! Building awareness and understanding of student thinking process in class.
! Edutopia. (2018). 5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices | Edutopia. [online]
Available at: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-highly-effective-teaching-
practices-rebecca-alber [Accessed 13 Mar. 2018].
References:

! Moore, K. (2014). Effective instructional strategies: From Theory to Practice. 4th ed.

USA: SAGE Publications.
! Mcdaniel, R. (1970, June 10). Bloom's Taxonomy. Retrieved March 06, 2018, from
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/
! Jensen, B., et al. (2012), The Experience of New Teachers: Results from TALIS 2008,
OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264120952-en 
! Good, T.L., et al. (2006), “How well do 1st-year teachers teach? Does type of
preparation make a difference?”, Journal of Teacher Education, no. 57 (4), pp. 410-430. 
! Bandura, A. (1997), Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, Freeman, New York.

 
  References: 

! Gutierrez, A. (2018). Setting Classroom Expectations | Edudemic. [online] Edudemic.com.

Available at: http://www.edudemic.com/setting-classroom-expectations/ [Accessed 7 Mar.
2018].
! Concordia University-Portland. (2018). 3 Innovative Methods of Teaching for High School
Educators. [online] Available at: https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-
resources/3-innovative-methods-of-teaching-for-high-school-educators/ [Accessed 7 Mar.
2018].
! Edu-nova.com. (2018). Teaching Techniques for Science Teachers. [online] Available at: http://
www.edu-nova.com/teaching-techniques-for-science-teachers.html [Accessed 13 Mar. 2018].
! American InterContinental University. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2018, from https://
www.aiuniv.edu/blog/2015/november/teaching-methods-and-strategies

! Edutopia. (2018). 5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices | Edutopia. [online] Available at:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-highly-effective-teaching-practices-rebecca-alber [Accessed
13 Mar. 2018].
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