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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.