A Teacher Who Views the Discipline of Teaching as Both

question 38

Multiple Choice

A teacher who views the discipline of teaching as both an art and a science is likely to

• A) be mechanical and indecisive.
• B) continue to use methods that have scientific support but appear not to be working well in the classroom.
• C) experiment with new teaching methods as soon as they appear in the literature.
• D) be inspiring and exciting while at the same time aware of current scientific research in the field of teaching.

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Definitions:

Transactional Analysis

A psychoanalytic theory and therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator as a basis for understanding behavior.

Human Personality

The combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual, distinguishing one person from another.

Ego States

Psychological constructs representing different parts of one's personality or experiences, often used in transactional analysis.

Ego State

Represents the different parts of our personality that become activated in response to different situations, based on transactional analysis theory.