These functions were determined from prior research of successful teacher training and student achievement programs.
In 1982 and again in 1986 (with Robert Stevens), Rosenshine, laid out six “ instructional functions“. Rosenshine’s Six Instructional Teaching Functions Whilst at Illinois, Rosenshine first proposed his instructional teaching functions, on which he based his later work on the principles of instruction. It is at the University of Illinois that he taught educational psychology and published many papers, mainly focusing on teacher performance, direct instruction and strategies based on cognitive science. After completing his PhD he taught at Temple University for 2 years before moving to the University of Illinois. He was a high school history teacher originally but stopped actively teaching in 1963 to gain a PhD in Education at Stanford University.
Isn’t it Just Common Sense? Who was Barak Rosenshine?īarak Rosenshine was born on August 13th 1930 in Chicago, Illinois.