The Power of Professional Learning - Brossura

Timperley, Helen

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ISBN 10: 033524405X ISBN 13: 9780335244058

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 2011

Riassunto

Teacher professional development is often promoted as a panacea for improving schools but it rarely lives up to its promise. This book develops an approach to professional learning that has motivated teachers and resulted in impressive improvements in student learning, particularly for students who traditionally underachieve in school. As the underpinning research shows, the approach has proven successful in several countries with consistently positive outcomes.

The book begins by identifying the shifts that need to happen for the power of professional learning to be realized in promoting student engagement, learning and well-being. Some shifts in thinking include:

• Moving from professional development to professional learning
• Putting student learning at the heart of professional learning
• Focusing on the knowledge and skills to be learned rather than the forms of delivery
• Focusing on the double-demand of being both immediately practical and developing underlying principles so that new problems can be solved in the future

At the heart of the book is an inquiry and knowledge building cycle for teachers that is central to realizing the power of professional learning. The cycle is underpinned by research on how people learn and what it means to be a professional. Later chapters identify what leaders in schools and beyond can do to support teacher learning in ways that directly benefit students. Throughout the book there are case examples of real experiences of primary and secondary teachers and leaders across three countries (UK, Canada and New Zealand) that bring alive what it means to engage in professional learning in ways that excite teachers and benefit their students.

This is essential reading for teachers who want to take control of their own professional learning in ways that make a difference to their students and school leaders with responsibility for promoting professional and student learning.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Helen Timperley is Professor of Education at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her early career involved teaching in early childhood, primary and secondary education sectors which formed the basis of a research career focused on making a difference to those student outcomes valued by the communities in which they live. A particular research emphasis has been on promoting leadership, organizational and professional learning in ways that improve the educational experience of students currently under-achieving in our education systems. She has recently completed a best evidence synthesis iteration on professional learning and development that has received major international attention. She has published widely in international academic journals and has written and edited six books on the professional practice implications of her research.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 033524405X
• ISBN 13: 9780335244058
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile