30 reflective staff development exercises for educators. ([2009])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Thirty reflective staff development exercises for educators
• Further Information: Note: Stephen S. Kaagan.
• Authors: Kaagan, Stephen S
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Part I -- The Power of Reflective Exercises for Staff Development""; ""Guiding Principles""; ""Making the Exception to Current Practice the Rule""; ""Committing to Organizational Learning Concepts""; ""The Special Contributions of Senge et al.""; ""A Personal Approach to Teaching and Consulting""; ""Important Caveats""; ""Part II -- 30 Reflective Exercises""; ""Mental Markers: Expanding the Boundaries""; ""1. Animal Attributes""; ""2. Ancestors""; ""3. Pushpins""; ""4. Surprise Me"" ""5. E-xplore Assets""""6. Instant History""; ""7. Bringing the Outside In""; ""8. Best, Worst""; ""9. What To Keep, What Not To Keep""; ""10. Leadership Metaphors""; ""Making Mutual Meaning: Working and Reflecting Collaboratively""; ""11. Dashing Dual Interviews""; ""12. E-xplore Perspectives""; ""13. Snapshots""; ""14. Rotating Pencils""; ""15. Listening for Assumptions""; ""16. Fruits of Silence""; ""17. See""; ""18. Patchwork Perspectives""; ""19. Stakes""; ""20. Vision Sketch""; ""Maintaining Momentum: Moving Forward""; ""21. Begin, Begin, Begin""; ""22. Modest Expectations"" ""23. Informed Purpose""""24. Beginning at the End""; ""25. Context Map""; ""26. The “View From Downtownâ€?""; ""27. E-xplore by Association""; ""28. Unheard Voices""; ""29. Blame Game""; ""30. Standing Offer""; ""Part III -- Using the Exercises""; ""Different Approach, Different Demands""; ""Applying Intuition""; ""Identifying Group Character""; ""Posing Good Debriefing Questions""; ""Insiders Can Do the Job""; ""Vignette 1: Slowing Down to Speed Up""; ""Vignette 2: Deepening the Discourse""; ""Vignette 3: Finding Common Ground""; ""Vignette 4: Diminishing Divisiveness"" ""Concluding Comments""""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.71/5; Teachers -- In-service training -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Teachers' workshops -- Planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; EDUCATION / Essays; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION / Reference; Teachers -- In-service training; Teachers' workshops -- Planning; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452207940; 1452207941
• Related ISBNs: 97814129630229781412963039
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2015).
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