What is component 1b?
Component 1b pertains to a teacher's knowledge of their students. This component stresses the importance of getting to know students on a personal level to help deepen their understanding of the content we teach them.
Why do you need it?
Every student is unique. They have their own personalities, strengths, weakness, interests, and lives. All of these unique characteristics contribute to their academic performance and learning preferences. By learning about students' lives outside of school, teachers can teach students on a more personal level. Teachers can decipher the students' strongest area of intelligence and utilize that area. They can keep students engaged by incorporating their interests within the content. In general, taking an interest in their students, as people, allows teachers to easily differentiate learning.
What are the elements?
Knowledge of Children and Adolescent Development
- Learn about educational psychology; kids develop cognitively in a systematic manner. They learn in different ways at different ages.
- Students must be engaged to learn. As a teacher, you can keep their attention by learning about the learning processes and teaching strategies.
- A student's background can greatly affect their learning abilities. Probe students' schema to gauge where they are academically, before developing any preconceptions.
- Students' personal lives affect their learning. Discover what they enjoy and what they are already knowledgeable about. From there you can relate explanation to what your students are familiar with already.
- Although student development typically aligns with certain patterns, some are exceptions. Get to know your students to find out what you can do to differentiate their learning to be effective.
Artifacts of Domain 1b
Teachers can show proficiency of Domain 1b in their class by:
- getting to know students on a personal level
- attending to student interests
- differentiating learning materials
- attending student activities
- researching student heritage and traditions
Danielson, C. (2011). The Danielson Group. The Framework for Teacher Evaluation Instrument. Retrieved from:
http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf
http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf