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Teaching in the flat world : learning from high-performing systems / Linda Darling-Hammond, Robert Rothman ; with contributions by Pasi Sahlberg, Barry Pervin, Carol Campbell, and Tan Lay Choo.
Van Pelt Library LB1025.3 .D37 2015
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darling-Hammond, Linda, 1951- author.
- Rothman, Robert, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Effective teaching--Cross-cultural studies.
- Effective teaching.
- Teacher effectiveness--Cross-cultural studies.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- Teaching--Standards--Cross-cultural studies.
- Teaching.
- Teachers--Training of--Cross-cultural studies.
- Teachers.
- Teachers--Recruiting--Cross-cultural studies.
- Educational evaluation--Cross-cultural studies.
- Educational evaluation.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Teachers--Recruiting.
- Teachers--Training of.
- Teaching--Standards.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 107 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Teachers College Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Teaching in the Flat World will help school systems improve their teacher workforce by drawing important lessons from nations with high-performing educational systems, as well as from successful state experiments in the United States. Their varied solutions offer valuable ideas for how to create a strong teacher and school administrator corps from recruitment and preparation through induction, professional development, evaluation, and career advancement into leadership roles. This book will be useful to policymakers, practitioners, and researchers interested in strengthening the quality of teaching. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Developing effective teaching : why look globally?
- Teaching quality initiatives in the United States
- Developing effective teachers and school leaders : the case of Finland
- Systems for teacher and leader effectiveness and quality : Ontario, Canada
- Creating effective teachers and leaders in Singapore
- Conclusion : lessons from successful systems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thea Marie Garfield Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0807756474
- 9780807756478
- 9780807756485
- 0807756482
- OCLC:
- 900913468
- Publisher Number:
- 99963497587
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