Not exact matches
In education, we expect teachers to have wide - ranging
expertise — from content knowledge to
pedagogical knowledge, to curriculum design, to classroom management, to designing and administering assessments, to managing relationships with parents, to overseeing non-academic activities.
The idea that the education system, and the nation, ought to embrace many different
pedagogical approaches may seem to undermine this aspiration, since this effort has rested, at least
in part, on the assertion that educators and educational researchers possess a scientific knowledge base and
expertise that distinguishes them from laypersons.
As for the criteria they employ
in selecting faculty, of greatest importance are subject - matter knowledge,
pedagogical knowledge and
expertise, and the ability to engage adolescent learners.
Head of the School of Education at Curtin University, Lina Pellicone, explains that the new Master of Education degree provides an opportunity for qualified teachers practicing
in a range of Educational contexts to enhance their
pedagogical and theoretical knowledge and
expertise, and to develop some specialized knowledge
in an area of choice.
The first year, CEL immersed district and school leaders
in training for subject matter and
pedagogical expertise.
Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded
in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong
pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources
in addition to funding — including time, access to
expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy
in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).
In the Teacher Practice Networks initiative, facilitated by the Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning, districts and outside organizations partner to leverage their combined
expertise to develop teacher leadership skills; deepen content
pedagogical knowledge; and support meaningful, teacher - to - teacher professional learning.
Yes, you have to stand up there and teach, but there's a lot more to it than that,» said Miller, who described how quickly she can tell the difference
in teachers with only subject area
expertise versus those that have that
expertise coupled with proper
pedagogical training.
However, anyone using the expert feedback approach should be aware that different experts, especially those with experience and
expertise in different
pedagogical or content areas, are likely to make different critical observations.
Although becoming a good observer of the classroom environment is, itself, a fundamental aspect of teacher
expertise (Berliner, 1986, 2004) and
pedagogical content knowledge (Shulman, 1986), overcoming self - consciousness
in order to observe oneself critically is also a substantial challenge, especially when self - observation involves viewing classroom video recordings (Greenwalt, 2008).
Mrs. Grant brings a strong
pedagogical and technological background, extensive experience and
expertise in the design and development of professional learning, as well as experience working with districts across North America to support large scale implementation.
To improve education
in America, the way education stakeholders and the public at large perceive authority and influence should change, recognizing that teachers have content and
pedagogical expertise that administrators often don't.
Teachers who excel must apply deep content knowledge and specialized
pedagogical expertise to maximize student learning by developing curricula, planning lessons, analyzing formative data, adjusting plans
in response to outcomes from previous lessons, and using different methods of delivering and structuring lessons.