Teaching in context : the social side of education reform / edited by Esther Quintero.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quintero, Esther, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Effective teaching--United States.

Effective teaching.

United States.

Teacher effectiveness--United States.

Teacher effectiveness.

Teachers--Job satisfaction--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Job satisfaction.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]

Summary:

Teaching in Context provides new evidence from a range of leading scholars showing that teachers become more effective when they work in organizations that support them in comprehensive and coordinated ways. The studies featured in the book suggest an alternative approach to enhancing teacher quality: creating conditions and school structures that facilitate the transmission and sharing of knowledge among teachers, allowing teachers to work together effectively, and capitalizing on what we know about how educators learn and improve. The studies also show how social dynamics influence the speed, depth, and success with which any new idea is implemented, and how policies enacted without adequate consideration of their impact on the social fabric of schools can produce unintended negative consequences. Policies aimed at improving teaching should focus on strengthening the organization as a whole so that all teachers are likely to improve. The chapters in this book point to the need to reevaluate current policies for assessing and ensuring teacher effectiveness, and establish the foundation for a more thoughtful, research-informed approach.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword: Moving forward together / Andy Hargreaves

Introduction: the social side of education reform / Esther Qintero

Developing workplaces where teachers stay, improve, and succeed: recent evidence on the importance of school climate for teacher success / John P. Papay and Matthew A. Kraft

Reaping rewards for students: how successful urban schools systematically invest in teachers / Susan Moore Johnson, Stefanie K. Reinhorn, and Nicole S. Simon

Better collaboration, better teaching / Matthew Ronfeldt

The social side of capability: supporting classroom instruction and enabling its mprovement / James P. Spillane, Megan Hopkins, Tracy M. Sweet, and Matthew Shirrell

Social capital: an untapped resource for educational improvement / Carrie R Leana and Frits K. Pil

The social cost of leadership churn: the case of an urban school district / Alan J. Daly, Kara S. Finnigan, and Yi-Hwa Liou

How the organization of schools and local communities shape educational improvement / Elaine M. Allensworth

Organizing adult learning for adaptive change management: a systems approach / Joshua P. Starr

Research-practice partnerships and ESSA: a learning agenda for the coming decade / William R Penuel and Caitlin C. Farrell

Conclusion: improving the interpersonal dimension of schools and school systems / Esther Quintero.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682530375

168253037X

9781682530382

1682530388

OCLC:

968772924

Publisher Number:

99975208310