After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

4-1 Explain the common myth that “anyone can teach.”
4-2 Identify examples of the academic language associated with teacher education.
4-3 Compare learning theories, and examine how neuroscience has influenced current theories about how people learn.
4-4 Articulate the benefits of backward design for planning instruction.
4-5 Examine how curriculum is developed and the influence of the Common Core State Standards on mathematics and English curricula.
4-6 Analyze the statement: “We can teach our students, but we cannot learn for them.”
4-7 Explain how understanding how your students learn and what their lives are like might influence your role as their teacher.