MTLE Elementary Pedagogy

MTLE Elementary Pedagogy Teacher-Centered Classrooms - Classrooms that focus on the concept that knowledge is objective and that students must learn new information through the transmission of that knowledge from the teacher. Student-Centered Classrooms - Classrooms in which students are given opportunities to construct their own meanings onto new pieces of knowledge; these classrooms are considered constructivist. Developmentally Oriented Teachers - Teachers who approach classroom groups and individual students with a respect for their emerging capabilities. Multiple Intelligence Theory - A theory developed by Gardener that states that students learn in at least seven different ways, including verbal/linguistic, quantitative, interpersonal, musical, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and spatial. Theory of Metacognition - The study of how to help the learner gain understanding about how knowledge is constructed. Cognitive Approach - An approach to learning that first helps the learner gain understanding about how knowledge is constructed, and second, arms that learner with the conscious tools for constructing that knowledge. Differentiated Instruction - The concept that because students have different ways of learning, teachers must utilize different methods of teaching in content, process and product. Critical Thinking - Applying knowledge to a specific subject area, and in other subject areas. Higher Order Thinking - Mental mind mapping, graphic organizers, math manipulatives and concept web guides. Deductive Reasoning - General concepts or principles supported by specific examples. Inductive Reasoning - Drawing conclusions from information or data. Direct Instruction - A teaching method that emphasizes well-developed and carefully planned lessons with small learning increments. Discovery Learning - A learning technique that involves students solving problems by using their own experience and prior knowledge to determine what truths can be learned. Continues...