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The Power of Professional Learning
Helen Timperley
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Paperback. Develops an approach to professional learning that has motivated teachers and resulted in improvements in student learning, for students who traditionally underachieve in school. This book identifies the shifts that need to happen for the power of professional learning to be realized in promoting student engagement, learning and well-being. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
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.
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 ... Read more
- 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
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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Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780335244041
SKU
V9780335244041
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About Helen Timperley
Helen Timperley is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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