Talk about teaching! : leading professional conversations /: leading professional conversations. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charlotte Danielson.
• Authors: Danielson, Charlotte
• Contents: Acknowledgments; About the Author; Preface; 1. Why Professional Conversation?; The Imperative for Improvement in Teaching; The Nature of Teacher Learning; Promoting Professional Learning Through Conversation; Assumptions Underlying Professional Conversations; Summary; 2. Power and Leadership in Schools; Overview; The Reality of Power; Reconciling Power and Leadership; Summary; 3. The Big Ideas That Shape Professional Conversations; What Constitutes Important Learning?; What Causes Learning?; How Are Students Motivated?; The Merging of All These Ideas; Summary; 4. The Topics for Conversations; Power, Leadership, and the “Big Ideas”; Clarity of Purpose; Rigorous Learning Tasks and Assignments; High Levels of Energy and Student Engagement; A Safe and Challenging Environment; Smooth Organization and Management; Implementation of School or District Initiatives; Summary; 5. Conversation Skills; Setting the Tone for Conversation; Linguistic Skills; Paraphrasing; Summary; 6. Informal Professional Conversations; Purpose; Settings for Professional Conversations; Coach: Non-Tenured Teacher and a Supervisor; Coach: Tenured Teacher and a Non-Supervisory Colleague; Coach: Tenured Teacher and a Supervisor; Procedure; Summary; 7. Implementation Issues; Finding Time for Conversation; Communicating the Purpose; Establishing Trust; Forging Understanding and Consensus on the “Big Ideas”; Elaborating the “Topics for Conversation”; Summary; 8. Conversation Activities for Implementation; Establishing the Foundation; Communicating the Purpose; Conversation Activity #1: Establishing the Contributors to Student Learning; Conversation Activity #2: The Principal’s Role in Promoting Good Teaching; Establishing Trust; Conversation Activity #1: Identifying an Environment of Poor Levels of Trust; Conversation Activity #2: Creating and Enhancing a Trusting Environment; Conversation Activity #3: Creating an Action Plan for Trust; The Big Ideas: Considering High-Level Learning; Conversation Activity #1: Reflecting on One’s Own Recent Learning; Conversation Activity #2: Thinking About the Changing World; Conversation Activity #3: Ensuring Important Learning; How Do People Learn?; Conversation Activity #1: Summarizing Observations From Personal Experience; Conversation Activity #2: Reflecting on One’s Own Learning; Worthwhile Learning Experiences; Conversation Activity #1: Reflecting on the Characteristics of Children’s Learning; Human Motivation; Conversation Activity #1: Considering Adult Motivation; Conversation Activity #2: Considering Student Motivation; Topics for Conversation; Discussion Questions #1-#6: Considering the Topics for Conversation; Summary; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 138 pages)
• Subjects: 371.102; Teaching; Professional education; Educational leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452207124; 1452207127
• Related ISBNs: 9781412941402; 9781412941419
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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