Basic concepts - created from Mind Map

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LEARNING

TEACHING

GOALS OF LEARNING TO TEACH

GOALS OF LEARNING TO TEACH

THE DYNAMIC INTERPLAY OF PRACTICE AND THEORY

INTERTEACHING

Transmission approach

Dialogic approach

Behaviorist theories

Cognitive theories

Constructivism

Social Constructivism

Language is considered as a habit to be learnt drilled practice makes perfect

It sees learning as being less about behavior and more about what goes on in the individual minds.

Sees learning process as a two-way process

Learning vs Education

*Learning is the goal of teaching. *Learning is essentiatlly a different process for every individual *Teaching will therefore begin with getting to know individuals learners, and discovering where they are as regards their existing constructs. *Teaching is aboutbuilding relationships between the T & and each individual learner and about managing relationships between learners in any learning group.

*It is impossible to define a static notion of good teaching or being a food teacher.

*It becomes necessary to look at what is minimally acceptable as a goal, but also whether the qualifying teachers are able to fulfil their professional roles

*It is impossible to define a static notion of good teaching or being a good teacher.

*It becomes necessary to look at what is minimally acceptable as a goal, but also whether the qualifying teachers are able to fulfil their professional roles in the school

*they have the skill of managing and maintaining their own professional development.

Theory can be considered from two perspectives it can mean the Theoretical knowledge of the profession and it can also mean the personal constructed theories of the individual.

*In the interlanguage and interteaching theories, the entry points for both processes(learning a second language and learning teaching) are similar

*The learner teacher also arrives with an understanding teaching, acquired through the process of socialization within an educational community.