Expectations>Module 1: Staff Talk
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Content and Learning Activities
This section of the module contains the following items:
Article: Standards and Expectations
- This article and related activities will help you clarify the distinction
between standards and expectations - a useful step in the process of examining
teacher expectations and their relationship to student achievement.
Mini-Lecture: Sources of Teacher
Expectations
Article: : Beliefs - This
article and related activies will explore the relationship between beliefs
as they relate to expectations and staff talk.
Mini-lecture: Effects of Teacher
Expectations on Students
Activity: Online Survey: Teaching Tolerance
: This series of interactive web surveys provides a unique opportunity to examine
one's own hidden biases.
Mini-lecture: Effects of Teachers
Expectations on Teachers
Video: Staff Talk: Teachers
model staff talk that focuses on student assets and ways that schools can adapt
their programs to meet the needs of students.
