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THE PRACTICE: Teacher as Facilitator - Within an active teaching environment, the teacher's role is one of guide, mediator, and knowledgeable consultant, as well as instructor.
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Critical Behaviors and Strategies for Teaching
http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-3/critical.htm
The article by Jane Burnette describes certain behaviors and instructional strategies that enable teachers to build a stronger
teaching/learning relationship with their culturally diverse students. Many of these behaviors
and strategies exemplify standard practices of good teaching, and others are specific to
working with students from diverse cultures.
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Incorporating Student Voice into Teaching Practice
http://www.soundout.org/features/incorporating.html
In some classrooms, student voices are barely heard; the teacher monopolizes classroom talk, and knowledge is treated as residing entirely with the teacher. This digest explores different ways in which student voices can be heard in a classroom.
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Oral Language Development across the Curriculum, K-12.
http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-3/oral.htm
The digest presents the teacher's role as facilitator of students' development of oral communication. It argues against teacher-dominated lessons.
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Profile of an Equitable Mathematics and Science Classroom and Teacher
http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/equity/profile.html
This article by Joy Wallace, includes guidelines and descriptions for equitable mathematics and science teaching. Topics include Physical Environment of the Classroom, Curriculum, Language, Teaching Methodology/Interaction, Behavior Management, Academic Evaluation/Assessment and Classroom Integration.
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