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The following outline is taken from Anthony F. Grasha’s book Teaching with Style. In this book Grasha takes an indepth look at teaching styles and their relation to learning styles, and presents an integrated model of teaching and learning.

Knowing

- 8 Possibilities offered by Grasha

1. General patterns of classroom behavior

2. Characteristics associated with a popular instructor

3. Teaching methods and teaching style

4. Behaviors common to all college faculty

5. The roles teachers play

6. Personality traits and teaching style

7. Archetypal forms of teaching style

8. Metaphors as representations of teaching style

- Descriptive vs. prescriptive

• On page 40 Grasha notes that the definitions of teaching style tend to be descriptive more than prescriptive.

• Why might this point be important?
 

- Awareness

- Cycle of Change
 

- Conquering mindlessness

- Assumptions about teaching and learning

- Personal definitions of teaching and learning

- Theories of teaching

- Finding a metaphor

- Where do you see yourself and your teaching in this model?

- Do you see differences in the different courses you teach?

- Grasha states that this is not the only model of teaching and learning and that we should make an informed choice about the model. To what degree do you agree with Grasha’s model?

- Acquiring and retaining information

- Attention to course material

- Critical thinking

- Becoming motivated learners

- Self-direction in learning

Which one of these concerns is most applicable to where you are in your teaching? How might you apply the ideas in this chapter to your classes?

- Skills for Cluster 1—Expert/Formal Authority

- Skills for Cluster 2—Personal Model/Expert/Formal Authority

- Skills for Cluster 3—Facilitator/Personal Model/Expert

- Skills for Cluster 4—Delegator/Facilitator/Expert

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