{"id":1691,"date":"2014-10-06T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T06:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2015-04-21T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:28:00","slug":"4-big-things-transformational-teachers-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/4-big-things-transformational-teachers-do\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Big Things Transformational Teachers Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transformational teachers don\u2019t react, instead, they anticipate and prepare. Expert teachers should be able to have cognitive understanding of how students learn, emotional preparation to relate to many students whose needs aren\u2019t always noticeable, content knowledge so that you can have different ways to introduce an idea; and, lastly, the ability to act on your teaching decisions quickly.<\/p>\n

So how can you do that? Check out how below.<\/p>\n

1. Transformational Teachers Create Constructivist Experiences<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Instructors tend to use one of two instructional orientations:<\/p>\n

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  1. Transmission:<\/b>\u00a0Where “the\u00a0teacher’s role is to prepare and transmit information\u00a0to learners” and “the learners’ role is to receive, store, and act upon this information.”<\/li>\n
  2. Transformational:<\/b>\u00a0Where students’ active engagement in developing knowledge and skills, critical thinking, higher order skills, and communication are facilitated by the instructor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is difficult to accomplish transformational teaching without understanding and implementing\u00a0constructivist<\/i>\u00a0pedagogy — facilitating hands-on experiences — where students construct meaning through active learning. However, the checklist below suggests some tactics:<\/p>\n

    What Does Transformational Teaching Look Like?<\/i><\/p>\n

    1. Have students ask questions and solve real-world problems.<\/p>\n

    2. Questions should require students to:<\/p>\n