Pedagogy Matters - Stephanie Dalton

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This paper discusses the book "In Pedagogy Matters: Standards for Effective Teaching Practice" by Stephanie Dalton in which she outlines five standards for pedagogy.

Outline:
The Impact of the ISSLC Standards
Componants of Pedagogy
Components of Pedagogy - Instruction, Motivation and Student Success

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"Better learning is based on better teaching. Teachers have a huge impact on student achievement and as such are central to educational reform. Unfortunately this emphasis has not always been evident. (Dalton, 1998, p. 4) Dalton quotes Nel Noddings, "...reform continues to focus on what students need to learn but ignores teachers' struggle with how to help them learn it." (Dalton, 1998, p.4) (These were prophetic words almost half a decade before "No Child Left Behind!) Teachers need to know how to help students learn, as our old assumptions about how this occurs no longer work.
"Many minority and low-income groups have had few language, literacy, or cultural resources in their families or communities that prepared them for success in U.S. schools" (Dalton p. 4). If, she writes, we believe that "all" students can and should learn, then teachers need greater skill than we assumed they did in the past. (Dalton, 1998, p. 5) Teachers today can't simply lecture or pour knowledge into their students; they must be able to effectively introduce a content topic, encourage questions, involve students in content activities, and continually assess their progress. (Dalton 1998, p. 8)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Council of Chief State School Officers. (2 November 1996). Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards For School Leaders.< http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/isllcstd.pdf>
• Dalton, Stephanie S. (1998). Pedagogy Matters: Standards for Effective Teaching Practice Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence.< http://crede.berkeley.edu/pdf/rr04.pdf>

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