The beginning teachers appreciated the opportunity for instant
reflection on their teaching practice combined with the ability to see their teaching through the eyes of students in the classroom.
However, few studies have directly assessed its
effect on teaching practice, nor used methods that permit causal interpretations of the impacts of ability - grouping on student outcomes.
Teachers in this situation often are reluctant to inform their supervisors about student failures, believing that the failures may reflect
poorly on their teaching practices.
During her fellowship, she will be developing her leadership skills and reflecting
on her teaching practice within this learning community to become a more effective advocate for Black educators.
They were also more willing to use various online discussion tools and reflect
on teaching practices via blogs and electronic journals.
With a clear focus and the support of school leadership, coaches can have a profound and lasting
impact on teaching practice and student learning.
Toni supports teachers in their practice, visits classrooms and individual lessons, and provides feedback
on the teaching practice of teacher participants.
The goal of this quasi-experimental design is to assess the impact of the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment program and California Formative Assessment and Support System for
Teachers on teaching practices and student learning.
This led to a variety of activities including faculty
seminars on teaching practices, student retreats, and HGSE - wide workshops on diversity - related matters.
In their first year, Cohort 2 principals received just two days of initial training on how to collect
evidence on teaching practices during classroom observations and how to rate these practices using the Danielson framework.
«We designed the Cambridge - Harvard Summer Academy to allow teachers and Harvard faculty ample time to work closely with
interns on teaching practice and behavior.»
Work that explores questions such as these could shed light on the factors that influence teachers to respond more critically and provide more support to the teachers who are eliciting
commentary on their teaching practice.
Developed originally under contracts with Harford County Public Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education, this report assists schools and districts to evaluate the impact of teacher professional
development on teaching practice and student learning.
ASCD brings together top experts with the
latest on teaching practice, including ASCD authors and Faculty members such as Carol Ann Tomlinson, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Erik Palmer, and Andrew Miller, along with various other educators from teachers to superintendents.
After an overview of the characteristics of professional learning communities (PLCs), this manuscript presents a review of 10 American studies and one English study on the impact of
PLCs on teaching practices and student learning.
Charlotte Danielson, a former teacher and school administrator with degrees from Cornell and Oxford Universities, is one of the most recognized
authorities on teaching practice in the United States.
Pedagogy was an important topic for LWI at large, and the conferences offered many
presentations on teaching practices, but the question was whether such work fit within the research agenda to which the journal was attempting to hew.
A look back In the 1970s students who planned to teach music in primary schools had individual tuition in both a «first» and a «second» instrument on a weekly basis when they were
not on teaching practice.
Results indicate that the first - year teachers in this study found value in each of the tools, with videotaping teaching encouraging the most meaningful
reflection on their teaching practice.
Feedback Interviews: These are similar to audio interviews, but instead of asking students to tell their stories, you ask them for specific
feedback on your teaching practice.
Finally, our
information on teaching practices, which is based on in - class time use reported by teachers, does not allow us to distinguish between different implementations of teaching practices.
Across the research reviewed here, systems that effectively support teacher development include collaborative, job - embedded feedback cycles that enable teachers to reflect
critically on teaching practices in order to identify those that best promote students» learning and engagement.
Summary: This article describes «transformational coaching», a model that encourages the teachers being coached to reflect
on their teaching practice in order to make decisions on their own that further the learning and success of all children.
EW: The five candidates for national certification who journalled their experiences for Education World readers this year remarked frequently on the benefits of the process itself — an increased reflection
on their teaching practices and an increased awareness of education standards, for example.