Foundations of Education
An EMS Approach
- 1st Edition - September 9, 2005
- Imprint: Mosby/JEMS
- Author: National Association of EMS Educators
- Language: English
Designed to meet the 2002 National Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors, this reference is the official study guide for the EMSECS examination and provides everything you need… Read more
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Designed to meet the 2002 National Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors, this reference is the official study guide for the EMSECS examination and provides everything you need to know to be a successful educator. Topics addressed include adult learning principles, student evaluation methods, teaching cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains, teaching strategies for individuals and small and large groups, and more.
- Offers evidence-based and well-referenced information backed by expert studies in education and adult learning theory.
- Contains the foundation of everything an educator needs to know to be successful - including information from basic teaching and learning principles, to remediation and discipline and handling legal issues, to administrative issues.
- Includes a CD in the back of the book containing a copy of the 2002 Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors for easy reference.
- Each chapter features Case in Point boxes showing students how key principles can be applied to real-world situations.
- Key Tip boxes in every chapter offer concrete, time-tested advice on how to best perform specific tasks in the classroom.
- The Delivering the Message section will give an introduction to teaching strategies and tools for teaching individuals, small, and large groups. Plus, it features entire chapters devoted to distance learning, as well as field and clinical learning.
- A detailed, Evaluation Section features four chapters covering the principles of student evaluation, written evaluation tools, other methods of evaluation, and remediation.
- The Foundations section addresses important concepts such as the learning environment, domains of learning, lesson plans, and more.
- A Student Section covers the key areas of diversity in the classroom, adult learning principles, and learning styles.
Section A: Instructor Roles and Responsibilities
Chapter 1. Attributes of Effective Educators
Chapter 2. EMS Educator Roles
Section B: The Student
Chapter 3. Principles of Adult Learning
Chapter 4. Learning Styles
Chapter 5. Diversity
Section C: Foundations
Chapter 6. The Learning Environment
Chapter 7. Domains of Learning
Chapter 8. Goals and Objectives
Chapter 9. Lesson Plans
Chapter 10. Legal Issues for the Educator
Chapter 11. AV Basics
Section D: Delivering the Message
Chapter 12. Introduction to Teaching Strategies
Chapter 13. Teaching in All Domains
Chapter 14. Tools for Individual Learning
Chapter 15. Tools for Small Group Learning
Chapter 16. Tools for Large Group Learning
Chapter 17. Tools for Distance Learning
Chapter 18. Tools for Field and Clinical Learning
Section E: Evaluation
Chapter 19. Principles of Evaluation of Student Performance
Chapter 20. Using Written Evaluation Tools
Chapter 21. Other Evaluation Tools
Chapter 22. Remediation
Section F: Administration
Chapter 23 Administrative Issues
Appendix A Teaching Resources
Appendix B Correlation to Guidelines Matrix
Chapter 1. Attributes of Effective Educators
Chapter 2. EMS Educator Roles
Section B: The Student
Chapter 3. Principles of Adult Learning
Chapter 4. Learning Styles
Chapter 5. Diversity
Section C: Foundations
Chapter 6. The Learning Environment
Chapter 7. Domains of Learning
Chapter 8. Goals and Objectives
Chapter 9. Lesson Plans
Chapter 10. Legal Issues for the Educator
Chapter 11. AV Basics
Section D: Delivering the Message
Chapter 12. Introduction to Teaching Strategies
Chapter 13. Teaching in All Domains
Chapter 14. Tools for Individual Learning
Chapter 15. Tools for Small Group Learning
Chapter 16. Tools for Large Group Learning
Chapter 17. Tools for Distance Learning
Chapter 18. Tools for Field and Clinical Learning
Section E: Evaluation
Chapter 19. Principles of Evaluation of Student Performance
Chapter 20. Using Written Evaluation Tools
Chapter 21. Other Evaluation Tools
Chapter 22. Remediation
Section F: Administration
Chapter 23 Administrative Issues
Appendix A Teaching Resources
Appendix B Correlation to Guidelines Matrix
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 9, 2005
- Imprint: Mosby/JEMS
- Language: English