Teaching Better
Igniting and Sustaining Instructional Improvement
- Bradley A. Ermeling - Research Scientist and Educational Consultant
- Genevieve Graff-Ermeling - Concordia International School Shanghai
A Joint Publication With Learning Forward
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Continuing Professional Development | Curriculum Leadership | Leadership & Management
Continuing Professional Development | Curriculum Leadership | Leadership & Management
March 2016 | 200 pages | Corwin
Discover the power of collaborative inquiry!
This unique, visually stunning resource is packed with details to ignite and sustain the collaborative improvement of teaching and learning. Includes U.S. and international case studies, powerful metaphors, application exercises, a Leader’s Guide, a companion website, digital templates, and more. Learn what lesson study and collaborative inquiry can and should look like. Find the guidance you need to lead and support school-wide, inquiry-based improvement!
This unique, visually stunning resource is packed with details to ignite and sustain the collaborative improvement of teaching and learning. Includes U.S. and international case studies, powerful metaphors, application exercises, a Leader’s Guide, a companion website, digital templates, and more. Learn what lesson study and collaborative inquiry can and should look like. Find the guidance you need to lead and support school-wide, inquiry-based improvement!
List of Improvement Portraits
List of Companion Website Content
Foreword by Ronald Gallimore
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Artists
Introduction
1. One Plank at a Time: The Steady Discipline of Instructional Improvement
2. Learning to Learn From Teaching: A Firsthand Account of Lesson Study in Japan
3. Expanding Horizons: A Case Study of US Teachers Collaborating to Change Practice
4. Deepening Knowledge: Why Expansive Change Is Difficult and What We Might Do About It
5. Matching Vision With Resources: A Reconceived Model for Leadership and Assistance
6. Multiplying Power: How Joint Productive Activity Revived Two Problematic Teams
7. Remaining Stubborn for a Long Time: Six Practitioner Stories of Courage and Persistence
Appendix: Leader’s Guide to Improvement Portraits
Glossary: Japanese Words and Phrases
Index