Sarah J. Noonan

How Real Teachers Learn to Engage All Learners (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The first few years of teaching represent an intense period of experimentation and learning, leading to the adoption of learner-centered practices to help students achieve. A critical incident or nagging problem triggers critical reflection on practice, experimentation, the adoption of new approaches, and permanent changes in practice. When teachers improve their practice through action research and collaboration with colleagues, students predictably learn more. Inspecting the "core" areas of teaching and learning helps teachers critically reflect on practice to improve and innovate. Drawing on research and best practices from education and psychology, readers learn how four "motivational pathways" attract even the most reluctant and resistant learners to learning. While many recognize the importance of well prepared and accomplished teachers in helping students learn, too few recognize the need for continuous learning as the surest route to gaining expertise in teaching and increasing student achievement. Practical models and strategies presented in this book will help teachers address the important challenges facing schools today, including supporting disadvantaged learners, raising student achievement, and challenging all students to achieve their potential.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216284246
• Artikelnr.: 74832070

Autorenporträt

Sarah J. Noonan, Ed.D., Professor Emerita, served as a K-12 teacher, state director of gifted education, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools, associate professor in higher education and department chair, and executive fellow in the Department of Educational Leadership, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. Research and publications topics academic student procrastination, engaging pedagogy, and academic research and writing. To date Noonan has chaired 53 doctoral dissertations on leadership, culture, and change. Contact via [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: ACCIDENTAL
DISCOVERIES AND TEACHER LEARNING CHAPTER TWO: HOW REAL TEACHERS LEARN
CHAPTER THREE: THRESHOLD CROSSINGS AND CONCEPTS IN LEARNING CHAPTER FOUR:
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS AND LEARNER-CENTERED PRACTICE CHAPTER FIVE: CORE
KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHING CHAPTER SIX: MOTIVATING PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING CHAPTER
SEVEN: ENGAGING LEARNERS AND PEDAGOGY CHAPTER EIGHT: CHALLENGING AND
SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS CHAPTER NINE: PARADOXES IN TEACHING AND CRITICALLY
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE REFERENCES