Talk about teaching! : leading professional conversations /: leading professional conversations. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charlotte Danielson and Shelly M. Arneson.
• Authors: Danielson, Charlotte F
• Editors: Danielson, Charlotte; Arneson, Shelly
• Contents: Acknowledgements; 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”; Summary; 5. Conversation Skills; Setting the tone for conversation; Linguistic Skills; Paraphrasing; Summary; 6. Informal Professional Conversations; Purpose; Settings for Professional Conversations; 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; Establishing Trust; The Big Ideas: Considering High-Level Learning; How do People Learn?; Worthwhile learning experiences; Human Motivation; Topics for Conversation; Summary; References; Index
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.102; Teaching; Professional education; Educational leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483373782
• Related ISBNs: 9781483373799
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