Includes bibliographical references.

The elements of teaching: The learner: The learner as an embodied spirit -- The fundamental equipment of the learner -- Gardner's multiple intelligence theory -- Learning styles -- The teacher: The professional teacher -- Professional attributes -- Personal attributes -- The national competency-based teacher standards -- The learning environment: Physical environment -- Psychological climate -- A facilitative learning environment -- The principles of learning -- Management of instruction: Objective-related principles of teaching -- Guiding principles in formulating objectives -- Taxonomy of objectives in the three domains -- How to write lesson objectives -- Standards and competencies in the K to 12 Curriculum -- Selection and organization of content -- Guiding principles -- The structure of subject matter content -- Cognitive, skills, values -- Selection and use of teaching strategies -- Guiding principles in the selection and use of teaching strategies -- Brain-based strategies -- Different approaches and methods: Teaching approach, strategy, method and technique -- Direct demonstration method: Indirect/Guided/Exploratory Approach -- Inquiry method -- Problem solving method -- Project method -- Cooperative Learning: Peer tutoring/peer teaching -- Partner learning -- eductive method versus the inductive method -- Other approaches -- Blended learning -- Reflective teaching -- Metacognitive approach -- Constructivist approach -- Integrated approach -- Unerstanding by design (UbD): The three (3) elements/stages of UbD -- Six (6) facets of understanding as instructional tools -- Learning activities using the six (6) facets -- WHERETO framework -- Selection and use of Instructional Materials (IMs): Guiding principles in the seletion and use of IMs -- Assessment of learning: Guiding principles in the assessment of learning -- Assessment in the different phases of instruction -- Classroom management: Guiding principles in classroom management -- Management of time -- Discipline: Some causes of disciplinary problems -- How to prevent disciplinary problems -- Various modes of establishing discipline/classroom control -- The center model of assertive discipline Ways of dealing with discipline problems -- Managing the physical environment: Furniture arrangement -- Seating arrangement -- Physical condition of the classroom -- Establishing classroom routine: Transition -- Effective questioning and reacting techniques: How to improve questionig technique -- Handling pupils' response -- Homework: Functions of homework -- Guiding principles in the use of homework.