Teaching For Commitment

Author : Patrick M. Jenlink
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475854848

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A Commitment to Teaching by Patrick M. Jenlink Pdf

A Commitment to Teaching: Toward More Efficacious Teacher Preparation introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful works by authors that represent current research and thinking about teacher self-efficacy and teacher preparation. It is the intent of the book to provide the reader with current and relevant knowledge concerning preparation of committed and efficacious teachers. Teacher self-efficacy, and the presence of teacher efficacy, in teacher preparation and practice, is fundamental to preparing teachers for the public school classroom. As a construct, teacher self-efficacy beliefs are an integral aspect of the teaching process. While many authors refer to teachers’ sense of self-efficacy for teaching, meaning their beliefs about their ability to perform the actions necessary to teach, many others have identified a specific form of self-efficacy pertaining to teaching. These have been called teaching or teacher efficacy. Chapter One opens the book with a focus on the teacher commitment and self-efficacy, providing the reader with an introduction. The authors of Chapters Two-Seven present field-based research that examines the complexities efficacy and commitment in the preparation of teachers. Each chapter offers the reader an examination of teacher self-efficacy and teacher preparation and based on formal research that provides the reader with insight into how the research study was conducted as well as equally important, the findings and conclusions drawn with respect teacher self-efficacy and teacher preparation. Finally, Chapter Nine presents an epilogue that focuses on the for more efficacious teacher preparation.

Author : Lawrence J. Saha,Anthony Gary Dworkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387733173

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International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching by Lawrence J. Saha,Anthony Gary Dworkin Pdf

The International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching provides a fresh look at the ever changing nature of the teaching profession throughout the world. This collection of over 70 articles addresses a wide range of issues relevant for understanding the present educational climate in which the accountability of teachers and the standardized testing of students have become dominant.

Author : Betty Lou Whitford,Ken Jones
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791444104

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Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment by Betty Lou Whitford,Ken Jones Pdf

This book provides the basis for thoughtful reflection and discussion of school accountability by critically examining Kentucky's groundbreaking educational reform strategy of statewide student assessment and teacher accountability.

Author : Richard J. Stiggins,Daniel L. Duke
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438421292

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The Case for Commitment to Teacher Growth by Richard J. Stiggins,Daniel L. Duke Pdf

Most evaluations of teacher performance are brief, superficial, pro forma affairs involving a few moments of classroom observation every year or two followed by the completion of required evaluation forms. Not surprisingly, much of what has been written about teacher evaluation over the past decade reflects the dissatisfaction of teachers, the frustration of administrators, and the confusion of all parties as to the proper purposes for and methods of teacher evaluation. In this long-awaited book, Richard J. Stiggins and Daniel L. Duke approach teacher evaluation from a positive perspective. They present the results of three unique studies from over a three-year period, designed to uncover the inherent problems in current evaluation practices and find potential solutions to those problems. Relying on ethnographic case study methodology, Study One focuses on the procedures and concerns in the teacher evaluation systems of four school districts, uncovering barriers to teacher growth. Study Two also relies on case study methodology to highlight the keys to success for a few teachers who experienced significant professional growth as a result of a good-quality evaluation event. Study Three uses an instrument—the Teacher Evaluation Profile—to explore and analyze the evaluation experiences of over 400 teachers. The result is a book that gives a clear insight into the important attributes of positive growth-producing evaluation events. Implications of these studies for future teacher evaluation programs in terms of research, policy, and practice are also included in this valuable resource book. The topic is very timely. The significance if this work is that the effort begins linking staff development participation to teacher evaluation.

Author : Paulo Freire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317254461

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Pedagogy of Commitment by Paulo Freire Pdf

This first English translation of Pedagogy of Commitment takes readers deep into the acts and meaning of living a life of community and social commitment. Paulo Friere discusses how, for teachers specifically, this commitment is not only to students, to the underprivileged, or to the education of those who speak a different language, but to the transformation of the self to become more deeply responsive to the needs of social transformations. More than any other Freire book, this speaks directly and plainly to the lives of individuals and to teachers. It is an inspiring and passionate call from a global giant of progressive education.

Author : Richard M. Ingersoll
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Educational surveys
ISBN : 9781428927773

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Teacher professionalization and teacher commitment a multilevel analysis by Richard M. Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Elmer John Thiessen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : 0773511628

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Teaching for Commitment by Elmer John Thiessen Pdf

Elmer Thiessen provides a comprehensive critical survey of the debate concerning indoctrination, especially in the context of confessional religious education. His central aim is to establish that indoctrination as a result of religious instruction is neither inevitable nor as probable as is often assumed by advocates of liberal education. Thiessen recognizes that indoctrination can occur in Christian homes and schools. He believes, however, that before the charge of indoctrination can be correctly evaluated, we need to develop a more coherent concept of the term. He provides a critical examination of the four criteria traditionally associated with indoctrination - content, method, intention, and consequences - and of the institutional context of indoctrination.

Author : William Ayers
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807032664

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Teaching Toward Freedom by William Ayers Pdf

In Teaching toward Freedom, William Ayers illuminates the hope as well as the conflict that characterizes the craft of education: how it can be used in authoritarian ways at the service of the state, the church, or a restrictive existing social order-or, as he envisions it, as a way for students to become more fully human, more engaged, more participatory, more free. Using examples from his own classroom experiences as well as from popular culture, film, and novels, Ayers redraws the lines concerning how we teach, why we teach, and the surprising things we uncover when we allow students to become visible, vocal authors of their own lives and stories. This lucid and inspiring book will help teachers at every level to realize that ideal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788147340

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Teacher Professionalization and Teacher Commitment by Anonim Pdf

Examines the relationships between a number of different kinds and examples of teacher professionalization on elementary and secondary teachers in the U.S. and the commitment of teachers to their teaching careers. Summarizes the following characteristics of professions and professionals: credentials, induction, professional development, authority, and compensation. Describes what effect education reformers have expected these traditional characteristics to have on teachers' attitudes, performance, quality, and specifically, their commitment to their careers. Includes both private and public schools. Charts and tables.

Author : Richard M. Ingersoll
Publisher : Department of Education Office of Educational
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : OSU:32435070411327

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Teacher Professionalization and Teacher Commitment by Richard M. Ingersoll Pdf

Examines the relationships between a number of different kinds and examples of teacher professionalization on elementary and secondary teachers in the U.S. and the commitment of teachers to their teaching careers. Summarizes the following characteristics of professions and professionals: credentials, induction, professional development, authority, and compensation. Describes what effect education reformers have expected these traditional characteristics to have on teachers' attitudes, performance, quality, and specifically, their commitment to their careers. Includes both private and public schools. Charts and tables.

Author : Geoff Masters
Publisher : ACER Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781742865157

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A Commitment to Growth by Geoff Masters Pdf

A Commitment to Growth: Essays on Education is an edited collection of materials that Geoff Masters has published over the last seven years, including the ground-breaking Australian Education Review 57 Reforming Educational Assessment . It is mostly comprised of shorter pieces such as the influential Five challenges in Australian school education

Author : Betty Lou Whitford,Ken Jones
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791444090

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Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment by Betty Lou Whitford,Ken Jones Pdf

This book provides the basis for thoughtful reflection and discussion of school accountability by critically examining Kentucky's groundbreaking educational reform strategy of statewide student assessment and teacher accountability.

Author : Anit Somech,Izhar Oplatka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317962267

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Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Schools by Anit Somech,Izhar Oplatka Pdf

This book extends our understanding of the attitudes and behaviors of teachers who improve their schools consistently and considerably. It sets out to critically analyze and examine organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in schools from a contextual perspective and to display the uniqueness of the concept in the context of school, its dimensions, boundaries, antecedents and consequences from a multi-level perspective. Chapters consider: understandings of teachers' OCB, its nature, components, and salience in schools personal, organizational, and cultural factors which might facilitate or inhibit teachers' OCB contributions and the drawbacks of OCB for the improvement of educational systems, schools, and educators a new conceptualization of teachers' OCB based on the unique characteristics of school and the teaching profession, and consequences for theory and practice practical tools for guiding educational policy-makers, principals, and teacher educators on how to assimilate and enhance teachers' OCB. Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Schools will appeal to scholars and researchers in educational administration, educational policy, school leadership and teacher education. It will also be of interest to supervisors, policy makers and postgraduate students in the field of education.

Author : Nel Noddings,Laurie Brooks
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807774885

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Teaching Controversial Issues by Nel Noddings,Laurie Brooks Pdf

In this book, eminent educational philosopher Nel Noddings and daughter Laurie Brooks explain how teachers can foster critical thinking through the exploration of controversial issues. The emphasis is on the use of critical thinking to understand and collaborate, not simply to win arguments. The authors describe how critical thinking that encourages dialogue across the school disciplines and across social/economic classes prepares students for participation in democracy. They offer specific, concrete strategies for addressing a variety of issues related to authority, religion, gender, race, media, sports, entertainment, class and poverty, capitalism and socialism, and equality and justice. The goal is to develop individuals who can examine their own beliefs, those of their own and other groups, and those of their nation, and can do so with respect and understanding for others values. Book Features: Underscores the necessity of moral commitment in the use of critical thinking. Offers assistance for handling controversial issues that many teachers find unsettling. Proposes a way for students and teachers to work together across the disciplines. “Brooks and Noddings offer a timely and inspirational guide for teaching critical thinking in American schools. With deep roots in American philosophy and traditions, this book inspires us to teach students to question authority while fostering meaningful conversations about the difficult issues confronting our nation. This book offers a recipe for nurturing the next generation of caring and critical democratic citizens.” —Andrew Fiala, professor, California State University, Fresno “Chock-full of contemporary and historical examples, this book offers educators myriad examples of how to help students learn to talk with and listen to others and to understand the fullness of our collective humanity.” —Suzanne M. Wilson, University of Connecticut

Author : B.R. Rangannavar
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365621048

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A Study of the Organizational Commitment of Secondary School Teachers In Relation To Administrative Behavior of School Heads by B.R. Rangannavar Pdf