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Classroom Behaviors: What Lessons Can Professors Learn?
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NACTA Journal
- Article date:
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March 1, 2008
- Author:
- Whittington, M Susie
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Copyright informationCopyright North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Mar 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract
Since 1990 the researcher has spent 444 hours with 58 professors at three universities developing a nonthreatening approach to observing faculty as they teach. The five "lessons professors can learn" contained in this paper are couched in the teacher behaviors identified by Rosenshine and Furst(1971): Enthusiasm. Clarity. Variability, Businesslike environment, and Opportunity to learn. An examination of these teacher behaviors and the degree to which they are present in college of agriculture classrooms are addressed in this paper.
Introduction
''There are possibly no more significant and exhilarating interactions than those experienced by professors and students when they are ...