Teacher Training: a Reference Manual (Peace Corps, 1986, 176 p.): Chapter 2 what a teacher needs to know: Reviewing the educational process

Teacher Training: a Reference Manual (Peace Corps, 1986, 176 p.)

Chapter 2 what a teacher needs to know

		Understanding the educational process
		Needs assessment, aims, goals and general objectives
		Approaches to teaching
		Child and adolescent learning
		Subject-specific considerations
		Instructional objectives
		Lesson planning
		Classroom teaching techniques
		Materials development and resource utilization
		Classroom management
		Assessment of student learning
		Self-assessment
		Reviewing the educational process

Reviewing the educational process

As the Pieces Fall in Place

The puzzle is now complete. Each of the pieces has been presented and reviewed, and the relationship to other pieces should now be clear.

Complete puzzle (12)

The teacher should remember that there are many levels of curriculum decision-making: national, institutional, instructional and individual. Where some of these may be outside the direct control of the teacher, others are entirely 0a or her responsibility. Understanding the educational process as a whole can empower the teacher and make him/her an active participant in this process rather than an outside observer.

The final chapter of this manual Collaboration,. will help the teacher and teacher trainer alike to link up with colleagues and make the most of the resources at their disposal.