Academic engaged time

Abstract

In issue 3.1 of the BJTE (January 1977) Ned Flanders discussed the question of knowledge about teacher effectiveness. He did this by examining what he saw to be the weaknesses of the analyses in the book by Rosenshine on the same subject. In the article which follows Rosenshine and Berliner take up the discussion of important teacher activities. In reply to Flanders Rosenshine writes: ’Ned has never forgiven me for an article I wrote in Phi Delta Kappan in 1970, and his attack in BJTE is his response to that article. Although the issue ‐‐ whether teacher “indirectness” is a positive significant correlate of student achievement gain and student attitudes ‐‐ was a burning issue in the early 1970s, it doesn't seem worth debating today. Much of my 1971 book is now out of date, and if I were ever to rewrite it, I'd do it a lot differently. The article which follows represents a summary of current thinking on teaching and the results of recent research?