Talk About Teaching! : Leading Professional Conversations（Second Edition）

著者名：Danielson, Charlotte F.

Corwin（2015/09/22発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781483373799
• eISBN：9781483373812

Description

Improve teaching practice through powerful professional conversations!

Move beyond isolated teaching, passive observations, ineffective workshops and be the leader who engages staff and affirms the value of reflective and informal professional discussions. Read Talk About Teaching! to build a culture of understanding, respect, and empathy that breeds meaningful conversation and a powerful team of teachers who understand how students learn, what motivates them, and how to implement that research in the classroom. The second edition of this powerful book includes:

• A new chapter guiding conversations to align with CCSS and other standards
• Outlines for specific conversation skills needed to initiate and succeed
• Mental maps, sample topics, and conversation activities

Table of 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