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The Skillful Teacher

Building Your Teaching Skills


Jon Saphier and Robert Gower
(1997)

Map of Pedagogical Knowledge


The basic parameters of teaching can be
organised into this simple functional structure

Overarching
Objectives
Curriculum
Design

Curriculum
Planning

Objectives
Learning
Experiences

Assessment
Personal Relationship
Building

Class Climate

Motivation

Expectations
Clarity

Principles
of Learning

Models of
Teaching

Space

Time

Routines

Attention

Momentum

Discipline

Foundation of Essential Beliefs

Instructional
Strategies
Management

Bad
Personal
Relationship
Building

Poor Time
and Space
Management

Fooling
around

Distractions,
choppiness,
lack of
adequate
help

Distracted

Resentment

Value
Clashes

Inconsistency
Authoritarianism

Blank looks,
non-answers,
lots of
questions

Bored

Frequent
desist,
punishments

Frustrated

Confused

Causes of Misbehaviour

Student who is
consistently
disruptive

Misunderstand
ings, teacherstudent
conflicts

Angry or
detached

Picked-on

Physical
Causes

Like a loser,
a failure

Tension or
resentment

STUDENTS
FEELING

Restless

Sameness

Student
Sense of
Powerlessness

Ignorance of
How to Do
Expected
Behaviour

Confusing
Instruction
(Clarity

Trick questions,
put-downs, no
listening,
embarrassment,
yelling

Dumb,
frustrated
or bored

Unclear
Expectations
and
Consequences

OBSERVABLE
RESULT

Downtime
delays

Boring
Activities

CAUSE

Poor
Momentum

Inappropriate
Work
(Objectives)

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