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Saying and Doing
July 28, 2010
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
-James Joyce

Teachers' descriptions of their teaching style often is at odds with their actual behavior in the classroom as the results of a study of 20 experienced and inexperienced teachers at the University of Michigan, reported in the classic Early Childhood Development Programs and Services: Planning for Action (Columbus: Battelle Memorial Institute, 1972), indicate:

"In spontaneous interviews before and after training, both experienced teachers and beginning students expressed a preference for teaching based on the discovery model.  And, they expressed attitudes favoring a non-authoritarian or non-directive approach by the teacher.  Yet, when these teachers were observed, their teaching behavior was very different from the behavior they said they favored....  Researchers characterized the classrooms in the study as predominantly teacher-controlled or teacher-centered.  In the interviews, the teachers also preferred showing verbal concern and approval nearly three times as often as disapproval.  However, when teachers were observed and their statements were recorded, the statements characterizing support, approval, or encouragement was fewer than 10% of the total statements."


What keeps adults learning is the combination of ongoing reading, dialogue, trial and error, skill development, and continual self-reflection.  There are always old and new ideas to visit, mentors and models to re-examine, and adjustments to make in one's approach.  The Exchange CD Book Developing Capable, Creative Teachers offers an exhaustive collection of 53 articles in PDF format offering a host of practical ideas and strategies in the following categories:

  • Staff Development Basics
  • Staff Development Strategies and Solutions
  • Team Building Strategies and Solutions
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Nirmal Kumar Ghosh
Shishu Vikash Kendra
 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
07/29/2010 07:11 am

Everything is changed in the world . Teaching is changed gradually . In India
we could not think the early childhood care and education in 1972 but now in a remote village the awareness on early childhood is reached there .

Mary Lockhart-Findling
Grove City, MN, United States
07/28/2010 3:47 pm

I noticed this study took place in 1972. Is there any current research on this issue? Has there been any noticable changes in the last 38 years?

chgillan
Seventh-day Adventist Church, ECEC Coordinator
 CA, United States
07/28/2010 2:47 pm

Since the printing of this study in 1972, many steps have been taken to improve the quality of early childhood education and care. ECEC professionals have obtained more training and practices have improved; county, state and federal governing agencies have increased regulations; environmental rating scales and accreditation protocols have become more detailed and informative as well evaluative. Additional funding streams have also been afforded ECEC programs and professionals.

We've made a lot of improvements since 1972. We still have a long road ahead of us, but what a wonderful future to look forward to!

Barb
Camp Fire USA First Texas Council
 Fort Worth, TX, United States
07/28/2010 06:26 am

While the results of this study can be eye opening for practitioners I think it is hard to use a study from 1972 to convince a teacher who was born in 1988 that the results are still valid today. Are there any more current studies with comparable results?


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