The Improvement Of Teaching

Author : Kimberly M. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317695585

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Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning by Kimberly M. Williams Pdf

Given the increased accountability at the college and university level, one of the most promising ways for faculty at institutions of higher education to improve their teaching is to capitalize upon their skills as researchers. This book is a step-by-step guide for doing research to inform and improve teaching and learning. With background and instruction about how to engage in these methodologies—including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods—Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning provides examples across disciplines of how to use one's research skills to improve teaching. This valuable resource equips faculty with the skills to collect and use different types of research evidence to improve teaching and learning in any college and university classroom. Special Features: Chapter openers highlight the questions and issues that will be addressed in each chapter. Recurring text boxes provide authentic examples from actual research studies, student work, and instructor reflections. Coverage of challenges, key successes, and lessons learned from classroom research presents a nuanced and complete understanding of the process.

Author : Anthony S. Bryk,Louis M. Gomez,Alicia Grunow,Paul G. LeMahieu
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781612507934

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Learning to Improve by Anthony S. Bryk,Louis M. Gomez,Alicia Grunow,Paul G. LeMahieu Pdf

As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than “implementing fast and learning slow,” they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to “learn fast to implement well.” Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, the authors show how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education. Organized around six core principles, the book shows how “networked improvement communities” can bring together researchers and practitioners to accelerate learning in key areas of education. Examples include efforts to address the high rates of failure among students in community college remedial math courses and strategies for improving feedback to novice teachers. Learning to Improve offers a new paradigm for research and development in education that promises to be a powerful driver of improvement for the nation’s schools and colleges.

Author : Harry Fletcher-Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351583862

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Responsive Teaching by Harry Fletcher-Wood Pdf

This essential guide helps teachers refine their approach to fundamental challenges in the classroom. Based on research from cognitive science and formative assessment, it ensures teachers can offer all students the support and challenge they need – and can do so sustainably. Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator, the book balances evidence-informed principles and practical suggestions. It contains: A detailed exploration of six core problems that all teachers face in planning lessons, assessing learning and responding to students Effective practical strategies to address each of these problems across a range of subjects Useful examples of each strategy in practice and accounts from teachers already using these approaches Checklists to apply each principle successfully and advice tailored to teachers with specific responsibilities. This innovative book is a valuable resource for new and experienced teachers alike who wish to become more responsive teachers. It offers the evidence, practical strategies and supportive advice needed to make sustainable, worthwhile changes.

Author : Catherine Beck,Paul D'Elia,Michael W. Lamond
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317689775

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Easy and Effective Professional Development by Catherine Beck,Paul D'Elia,Michael W. Lamond Pdf

Given the current economic climate and budget constraints facing schools, funding for professional development is continually reduced. And yet administrators still need to find methods to implement new instructional initiatives, such as the Common Core State Standards. This important book provides leaders with a high quality professional development approach at a low cost—the Peer Observation Process. Outlined in manageable steps, this strategy will help leaders implement any new school initiative or instructional method, no matter the context. This book will help you: -Support staff with job-embedded learning that includes reflection and feedback -Get your staff excited and engage them in ongoing collaboration -Create teams and organize schedules -Initiate and deliver tough conversations -Address accountability and measure success Based on an established and successful program, this book outlines an effective approach that is easy to implement and will help schools increase student achievement, strengthen school culture, and improve job satisfaction.

Author : American Council on Education. Commission on Teacher Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Teachers
ISBN : OCLC:11802922

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The Improvement of Teacher Education by American Council on Education. Commission on Teacher Education Pdf

Author : Stephen Fink,Anneke Markholt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470542750

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Leading for Instructional Improvement by Stephen Fink,Anneke Markholt Pdf

Leading for Instructional Improvement Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving educational outcomes for all students. Teaching is a highly sophisticated and complex endeavor requiring deep expertise on the part of teachers and school leaders. This book shows how teacher, school, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students. Leading for Instructional Improvement captures the nationally acclaimed work conducted by the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington in its effort to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools across the country. The book provides extensive practical guidance grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts. Many of the tools, protocols, and frameworks contained in this book can be accessed electronically by visiting the Center for Educational Leadership website at www.k-12leadership.org. Praise for Leading for Instructional Improvement "This book offers insights that are invaluable to educators who seek to enhance teacher effectiveness now. The ideas presented are practical and applicable to schools in a variety of settings." —PEDRO A. NOGUERA, Ph.D., Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development and executive director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education "A deep and thoughtful look at how the issue of expertise is cultivated. Seizing upon their Center's research-based instructional framework, the authors provide important insights and tools." —DR. BEVERLY HALL, superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools "In this age of intense focus on how we evaluate teachers, we have to remember that any evaluation is only as good as the evaluator. This extremely useful book provides an excellent roadmap for how principals can become more effective in the most important aspect of their work, instructional leadership." —JERRY D. WEAST, Ed.D., superintendent of schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland "Fink and Markholt offer practitioners a guide to effective teaching. Leading for Instructional Improvement asks us to heed the lessons within and support the kind of teacher education that will improve student achievement for today's schools and those of tomorrow." —BARNETT BERRY, president, Center for Teaching Quality

Author : Kate Jones
Publisher : John Catt Educational
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Classroom management
ISBN : 1911382950

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Love to Teach by Kate Jones Pdf

Love To Teach: Research and Resources for every classroom is an exciting book that combines the latest educational research with examples of what this can look like in the classroom. Filled with research-informed ideas to support all teachers and leaders in both Primary and Secondary this book would be great for NQTs to more experienced teachers and leaders alike. The educational research is presented in a format which is accessible, helpful and informative and will help inform educators about cutting-edge research in practical and applicable ways. The practical resources are easily adaptable and ready to be implemented in any classroom and are grounded in Kate's own classroom practice. 'Written with the same passion, reflection and drive that runs through everything Kate does, Love To Teach is a real gem. Kate explores a huge range of practical pick-up-and-use strategies rooted deeply in educational research. The book is an equal balance between thought-provoking and extremely useful. Love to Teach is a great resource for all teachers who are committed to improving their practice and increasing their impact upon the futures of the young people they teach.' -- Sarah Findlater Secondary Principal at Gems First Point School Dubai. Author and Series Editor of the Bloomsbury CPD Library @msfindlater

Author : Matthew Rose
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780300243116

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A World After Liberalism by Matthew Rose Pdf

A bracing account of liberalism's most radical critics introducing one of the most controversial movements of the twentieth century "One of the best discussions of the extreme right's intellectual foundations that I have ever read."--George Hawley, author of Making Sense of the Alt-Right "One of the best books I've read this year. . . . Its importance at this critical moment in our history cannot be overstated."--Rod Dreher, American Conservative In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the twentieth century, the "radical right," and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle. They disagree profoundly on race, religion, economics, and political strategy, but they all agree that a postliberal political life will soon be possible. Focusing on the work of Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Francis Parker Yockey, Alain de Benoist, and Samuel Francis, Rose shows how such thinkers are animated by religious aspirations and anxieties that are ultimately in tension with Christian teachings and the secular values those teachings birthed in modernity.

Author : Ralph P. Ferretti,James Hiebert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Teachers
ISBN : 1138729493

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Teachers, Teaching, and Reform by Ralph P. Ferretti,James Hiebert Pdf

Improving educational outcomes : contrasting perspectives / Ralph P. Ferretti and James Hiebert -- Promises and pitfalls for teacher evaluation / Drew H. Gitomer -- Evaluating teachers and teacher preparation programs / Robert Floden -- Does VAM + MET = improved teaching? / James W. Stigler, James Hiebert, and Karen B. Givvin -- Teacher-student interactions : measurement, impacts, improvement, and policy / Robert C. Pianta -- Using data to inform decisions regarding teacher preparation / George H. Noell and Kristin A. Gansle -- Improving complex systems of instruction : the case of a mathematics teacher preparation program / James Hiebert, Robert M. Wieman, and Dawn Berk -- How to reform reform / Mary M. Kennedy -- Conclusion : improving educational outcomes: reflections and prospections / Ralph P. Ferretti and James Hiebert

Author : Bert P.M. Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136729829

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Improving Quality in Education by Bert P.M. Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides Pdf

This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence from international and national studies, showing how the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness research can be used for improvement purposes. In a clear and practicable manner it outlines: Foundations of the improvement approach Research projects investigating the impact of the dynamic approach Guidelines and practical solutions to translating the approach into action Further developments for school improvement Exploring the crucial factors in the establishment of this environment, the authors outline a dynamic framework that helps schools collect data, through self-evaluation mechanisms, taking decisions about priorities for improvement, and developing appropriate policies and action plans. This approach emphasises educational targets and provides means to achieve them that are flexible enough to fit in with the circumstances of the individual school. The book draws upon research across the world, conducted especially in the United States, Europe, and Australasia, expertly showcasing how the dynamic approach can be used in a wide variety of educational settings A key book for all professionals working in education; academics, researchers, policy-makers, school advisors and practitioners will find it invaluable. Not only it is a must for graduate students, university libraries, and individual academics but also for school management teams, school support agencies and officials in educational policy.

Author : George Earl Freeland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Education
ISBN : IND:30000130983970

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The Improvement of Teaching by George Earl Freeland Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:695379601

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The improvement of teacher education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Hatch,Jordan Corson,Sarah Gerth van den Berg
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071838501

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The Education We Need for a Future We Can′t Predict by Thomas Hatch,Jordan Corson,Sarah Gerth van den Berg Pdf

Improve Schools and Transform Education In order for educational systems to change, we must reevaluate deep-seated beliefs about learning, teaching, schooling, and race that perpetuate inequitable opportunities and outcomes. Hatch, Corson, and Gerth van den Berg challenge the narrative when it comes to the "grammar of schooling"--or the conventional structures, practices, and beliefs that define educational experiences for so many children—to cast a new vision of what school could be. The book addresses current systemic problems and solutions as it: Highlights global examples of successful school change Describes strategies that improve educational opportunities and performance Explores promising approaches in developing new learning opportunities Outlines conditions for supporting wide-scale educational improvement This provocative book approaches education reform by highlighting what works, while also demonstrating what can be accomplished if we redefine conventional schools. We can make the schools we have more efficient, more effective, and more equitable, all while creating powerful opportunities to support all aspects of students’ development. "You won’t find a better book on system change in education than this one. We learn why schools don’t change; how they can improve; what it takes to change a system; and, in the final analysis, the possibilities of system change. Above all, The Education We Need renders complexity into clarity as the writing is so clear and compelling. A powerful read on a topic of utmost importance." ~Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/Universtiy of Toronto "I cannot recommend this book highly enough – Tom tackles long-standing and emerging educational issues in new ways with an impressive understanding of the challenging complexities, but also feasible possibilities, for ensuring excellence and equity for all students." ~Carol Campbell, Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264068780

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TALIS Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments First Results from TALIS by OECD Pdf

This publication is the first report from the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). It provides quantitative, policy-relevant information on the teaching and learning environment in schools in 23 countries.

Author : David K. Cohen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674051102

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Teaching and Its Predicaments by David K. Cohen Pdf

Since Socrates, teaching has been a difficult and even dangerous profession. Why is teaching such hard work? In this provocative, witty, sometimes rueful book, Cohen writes about the predicaments that teachers face and explores what responsible teaching can be. He focuses on the kind of mind reading teaching demands and the resources it requires.