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Discover the power of collaborative inquiry!
This unique, visually stunning resource is packed with details to ignite and sustain the collaborative improvement of teaching and learning. Includes U.S. and international case studies, powerful metaphors, application exercises, a Leader's Guide, a companion website, digital templates, and more. Learn what lesson study and collaborative inquiry can and should look like. Find the guidance you need to lead and support school-wide, inquiry-based improvement!
"If you think improving teaching is hard, hard work, this book will confirm that belief. But it also shows, through careful observation and research, how much can be achieved when the work of getting better is done right. A true inspiration for educators who want to improve both their own craft and the methods of the profession."
Jim Stigler & James Hiebert
Authors of The Teaching Gap
"Teaching Better is a rich, knowledgeable, authoritative tour de force. It combines beautifully selected imagery, solidly crafted guiding principles with compelling evidence and personal accounts of practice. But while imagining and thinking big, the book attends to the detail, offering school and system leaders many practical strategies for steering enquiry, quality, and cultural change in schools. This book should ignite the imaginations of policy makers, professionals and leaders worldwide."
Peter Dudley
Visiting Professor of Education at Leicester University, Secretary of the World Association of Lesson Studies, Education Adviser under three prime ministers, & Founder of Lesson Study UK
Contents
List of Improvement Portraits
List of Companion Website Content
Foreword by Ronald Gallimore
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Artists
Introduction
1. One Plank at a Time: The Steady Discipline of Instructional Improvement
2. Learning to Learn From Teaching: A Firsthand Account of Lesson Study in Japan
3. Expanding Horizons: A Case Study of US Teachers Collaborating to Change Practice
4. Deepening Knowledge: Why Expansive Change Is Difficult and What We Might Do About It
5. Matching Vision With Resources: A Reconceived Model for Leadership and Assistance
6. Multiplying Power: How Joint Productive Activity Revived Two Problematic Teams
7. Remaining Stubborn for a Long Time: Six Practitioner Stories of Courage and Persistence
Appendix: Leader's Guide to Improvement Portraits
Glossary: Japanese Words and Phrases
Index
