The ExCEEd Teaching Model

摘要

Although a single universally accepted definition or model of what constitutes good teaching will remain elusive, the ExCEEd Teaching Model presented herein is supported by the literature, has been tested by veteran instructors, and has been used effectively in 7 years of ExCEEd Teaching Workshops. Such a framework, once accepted, becomes a useful validation tool for deciding whether to try something new. If the new method is supported by an element of the model, it has a higher likelihood of being beneficial. The model is similarly helpful as a checklist for the inexperienced instructor: "If I am doing all these things, I am probably teaching effectively." Furthermore, if this model is valid, then it can be used the basis for assessing effective teaching—the subject of the next article in this series.