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	Qualities of a good teacher: Exercise Fisher: 5 key characteristics Compared to elementary schools, middle schools are: less flexible require less abstract thinking & more rote memorization have less interaction are more unidirectional These characteristics are opposite of the direction taken by adolescent development

Structural characteristics of schools: Exercise: School types: Elementary School High School Research University Questions to address: What are your job demands in addition to teaching? How many subjects do you teach each student? How many students do you teach each week? How much time do you spend with each student each week? How many years are you likely to know each student? How likely are you to know how well the student is doing in other classes/subjects? How flexible is classroom time management? How many students are likely to missing on any given day? Discussion: implications for teacher:student relationship implications for course design