Module 1: Chapters 1-3
Concept 1: What Makes a Good Teacher? Summary: In Chapter 1, Woolfolk discusses the difference teachers can make in the lives of their students, as well as different types of research that go into the study of educational psychology. She displays through several studies that having a caring, supportive teacher-student relationship leads to better academic and behavioral outcomes. For example, when Woolfolk describes the experiment done by Roorda which reviewed 99 studies conducted worldwide that focused on the connections between student engagement and teacher-student relationships. According to the text, in the studies, "Positive teacher relationships predicted positive student engagement at every grade, but the relationships were especially for students who were at risk academically and for older students." (Woolfolk 8). Since it has been proven that having effective teachers improves students' performance, the next question Woolfolk tackles is "What makes good ...