M.U. Educational and WI DPI Standard #1
Knowledge Indicators:
- 1.1 The teacher understands major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s) s/he teaches.
- 1.2 The teacher understands how students ‘conceptual frameworks and their misconceptions for an area of knowledge can influence their learning.
Disposition Indicators:
- 1.5 The teacher appreciates multiple perspectives and conveys to learners how knowledge is developed from the vantage point of the learner.
Performance Indicators:
- 1.8 The teacher effectively uses multiple representations and explanations of disciplinary concepts that capture key ideas and links them to students’ prior understandings.
- 1.10 The teacher can evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usefulness in representing particular ideas and concepts.
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1.12 The teacher develops and uses curricula that encourage students to see, question, and interpret ideas from diverse perspectives.
Importance:
M.U. Educational and Wisconsin DPI Standard #1 is important because it helps current teachers and future teachers understand the various concepts they are teaching, the misconceptions and multiple perspectives students may have and assists teachers in developing a curriculum that is useful, accurate, links ideas to previous knowledge and challenges students to question and interpret ideas from various perspectives. This standard is put in place to ensure that teachers have a good framework to base their lessons off of and so that ALL students feel connected and in tune with the material no matter what their background may be. The teacher must be aware that students are coming from very different backgrounds and may hold various misconceptions about a given topic. If a teacher is aware of this, it becomes easier for he or she to adapt his or her lesson plan to effectively cater to the needs of all students and ensure that learning and growth will take place.
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Below is a link the the Wisconsin DPI website:
- Click on the link to my “KGBM Field Work Experience” to read more about how I incorporated this standard into my own teaching!
