Handbook of professional development in education : successful models and practices, PreK-12 / edited by Linda E. Martin [and three others], editors ; foreword by Andy Hargreaves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hargreaves, Andy, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Martin, Linda E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--In-service training--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Professional learning communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (594 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The Guilford Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Synthesizing the best current knowledge on teacher professional development (PD), this handbook describes effective, innovative practices that are being used in schools today. Leading authorities present PD approaches that are instructive, reflective, active, collaborative, and substantive. The book explores the relationship of PD to adult learning theory, school leadership, district and state policy, the growth of professional learning communities, and the Common Core State Standards. Practical issues in implementing PD are addressed, as are strategies for measuring and sustaining succes

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Part I. Professional Development, Past and Present; Chapter 1. Teachers as Professionals: Evolving Definitions of Staff Development; Chapter 2. Federal Investments in Professional Development: What Do 50 Years of Experience Tell Us about What It Takes to Make a Difference?; Chapter 3. High-Quality Research-Based Professional Development: An Essential for Enhancing High-Quality Teaching; Part II. The Complexity of Professional Development in Today's Schools

Chapter 4. Shaping the Contours of Professional Development, PreK-12: Successful Models and PracticesChapter 5. Changing the Relationship between Professional Development Policy and the Practitioner's Role; Chapter 6. Communities, Schools, and Teachers; Chapter 7. District Issues: Administrators at All Levels Involved in Teachers' Professional Development; Chapter 8. Sociocultural Approaches to Professional Development: Supporting Sustainable School Change; Chapter 9. Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: Models and Recommendations

Chapter 10. The Design and Implementation of Effective Professional Development in Elementary and Early Childhood SettingsChapter 11. Effective Professional Development in Secondary Schools; Part III. D eveloping Solutions for Effective Professional Development; Chapter 12. Characteristics of Adult Learning: Implications for the Design and Implementation of Professional Development Programs; Chapter 13. Focusing Attention on Beliefs about Capability and Knowledge in Teachers' Professional Development

Chapter 14. Investing in Youth by Investing in Teachers: Transforming Adolescent Literacy through Responsive Professional DevelopmentChapter 15. Involving Teachers in Their Own Professional Development; Chapter 16. Using Action Research to Target and Generate Professional Learning; Chapter 17. Leading Professional Learning in Districts with a Student Learning Culture; Chapter 18. Developing Partnerships through Collaboration to Promote Professional Development; Chapter 19. Content Knowledge for Teaching: Framing Effective Professional Development

Chapter 20. Standards-Based Professional Learning and Certification: By the Profession, for the ProfessionChapter 21. The School as a Center of Inquiry; Chapter 22. Supporting Professional Growth through External Resources; Part IV. Pulling It Together; Chapter 23. Measuring the Effectiveness of Educators' Professional Development; Chapter 24. Sustaining Teacher Professional Development; Chapter 25. Lessons Learned: What Our History and Research Tell Us about Teachers' Professional Learning; Appendix. Case Studies: Successful Schools That Have Supported Teachers' Professional Development

Rhoades Elementary and Ball State University Working Together to Impact Student Learning

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4625-1526-6

OCLC:

877038622