Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies - Couverture rigide
Synopsis
As schools struggle to meet the needs of sound byte children, there has emerged a need to identify what those needs are and how to measure their progress. This book explores what are the "best practices" that have emerged from this century and what will they look like in the new millennium. Ten competencies have been developed based on those "best practices." An exploration of the following topics is included: ? A look at "best practices" ? Interpreting best practices through teaching ? A look at the ten competencies and their implications for this generation ? Evaluating teaching based on best practices ? What does beginning, emerging and proficient look like, sound like and feel like The writer has worked with the development and implementation of the competencies in a metropolitan school district for the past two years. The competencies are the framework for the evaluation of teaching and programmes in this school district and are the pivot point for all staff development
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À propos de l?auteur
Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna’s publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin′s bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com
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