Ebook Teacher Quality and School Development: Teacher Learning and Leadership : Of, by, and for Teachers by Ann Lieberman in MOBI, TXT, DOC
9781138941885 1138941883 Shows how teachers should be put at the center of creating, developing, organizing, implementing, and sharing their own ideas for school change rather than being passive recipients of knowledge from the outside. The book draws on the innovative Teacher Learning and Leadership Program in Ontario and provides a case study of how professional development around collaboration, teacher leadership, curriculum development, technology and pedagogy - important issues for schools everywhere - can be organized in a way that shifts the power and responsibility to the teachers, and outlines the multi-level process required in the decision-making culture of the system and the teaching culture of the system and its schools to support it. The book provides an important model for school change led by teachers, rather than experts., Teacher Learning and Leadership asserts that teachers should be put at the center of creating, developing, organizing, implementing, and sharing their own ideas for school change rather than being passive recipients of knowledge from the outside. It argues that there is tremendous potential for the good of students and the professionalization of teaching, when teachers work collaboratively to develop their own and their colleagues professional knowledge and practices and are supported by school and system leaders, unions and government. The book draws on the groundbreaking work of the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program in Ontario and uses an in-depth case study to illustrate its points. It demonstrates how professional development built around collaboration, teacher leadership, curriculum development, technology and pedagogy can be organized in a way that redistributes control and responsibility to teachers, thereby instilling a genuine sense of pride and accomplishment in their work. This book is a sincere outreach from the authors who advocate for the professional development of, by and for teachers as individuals and, importantly, as a collective profession. The authors argue that projects like the TLLP (a joint initiative between the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ontario Teachers Federation) can radically, and positively, transform teachers knowledge, skills and practices. The book provides an important model for school change led by teachers, rather than experts, in partnership with school and system leaders and is a fascinating read for all those concerned with teaching, teacher development and educational change."
9781138941885 1138941883 Shows how teachers should be put at the center of creating, developing, organizing, implementing, and sharing their own ideas for school change rather than being passive recipients of knowledge from the outside. The book draws on the innovative Teacher Learning and Leadership Program in Ontario and provides a case study of how professional development around collaboration, teacher leadership, curriculum development, technology and pedagogy - important issues for schools everywhere - can be organized in a way that shifts the power and responsibility to the teachers, and outlines the multi-level process required in the decision-making culture of the system and the teaching culture of the system and its schools to support it. The book provides an important model for school change led by teachers, rather than experts., Teacher Learning and Leadership asserts that teachers should be put at the center of creating, developing, organizing, implementing, and sharing their own ideas for school change rather than being passive recipients of knowledge from the outside. It argues that there is tremendous potential for the good of students and the professionalization of teaching, when teachers work collaboratively to develop their own and their colleagues professional knowledge and practices and are supported by school and system leaders, unions and government. The book draws on the groundbreaking work of the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program in Ontario and uses an in-depth case study to illustrate its points. It demonstrates how professional development built around collaboration, teacher leadership, curriculum development, technology and pedagogy can be organized in a way that redistributes control and responsibility to teachers, thereby instilling a genuine sense of pride and accomplishment in their work. This book is a sincere outreach from the authors who advocate for the professional development of, by and for teachers as individuals and, importantly, as a collective profession. The authors argue that projects like the TLLP (a joint initiative between the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ontario Teachers Federation) can radically, and positively, transform teachers knowledge, skills and practices. The book provides an important model for school change led by teachers, rather than experts, in partnership with school and system leaders and is a fascinating read for all those concerned with teaching, teacher development and educational change."