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Designs for learning : a new architecture for professional development in schools /
This insightful guide offers straightforward explanations of the past, present, and future of professional development programs.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
Corwin Press,
[2003]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- About the Author
- Part I
- Redesigning Professional Learning for Educators
- Chapter 1
- Breaking the Box: New Designs for Professional Learning in Schools
- Introduction
- Thinking Outside and beyond the Box
- Utilitas, Firmitas, and Venustas: Essential Components of Architecture
- Function (Utilitas)
- Structure (Firmitas)
- Beauty (Venustas)
- Professional Development Design Themes
- Design Theme One�Professional Development is about Learning
- Design Theme Two�Professional Development is WorkDesign Theme Three�Professional Expertise Is a Journey, Not a Credential
- Design Theme Four�Opportunities for Professional Learning That Informs Practice are Unbounded
- Design Theme Five�Student Learning, Professional Development, and Organizational Mission are Intimately Related
- Design Theme Six�Professional Development is About People, Not Programs
- Why is it Important to Redesign Professional Development in Schools?
- Changing the Paradigm of Professional Development
- Chapter 2
- Building Beneath the Surface: Footings and Foundations in Professional DevelopmentIntroduction
- Foundations for Professional Learning
- Site Selection
- Learning from Others: Models and Menus
- Laying the Footings: Deep, Wide, and Durable
- Deep Enough
- Wide Enough
- Durable Enough
- Laying Footings in Professional Development That are Deep, Wide, and Durable
- Personal Actions
- Creating Structures
- Creating a Learning Culture
- Developing Political Support
- Defining Professional Development
- Learning Opportunities
- EngagementImproved Practice
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- Creating a Professional Learning Community
- Introduction
- Professional Learning Community: What is it?
- Professional: More Than a License
- Learning
- Community
- A Powerful Combination: Professional-Learning-Community
- Strategies for Building a Professional Learning Community
- Assessing Attributes of Professional Learning Community
- The Unlearning School Community
- Conclusion
- Part II
- Creating Learning Spaces in and beyond Work
- Chapter 4
- Professional Development “as� WorkIntroduction
- Expanding the Concept of Professional Development
- Rethinking Professional Development: New State Regulations
- Professional Development and Teacher Evaluation
- The Nature and Context of Professional Work in Schools
- Characteristics of Professional Work in Schools
- Toward a New Architecture for Professional Development: Three Major Shifts
- Conceptual Shifts
- Structural Shifts
- Cultural Shifts
- Implications for Educational Stakeholders
- Implications for Teachers