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Classroom Practice
Make Just One Change
Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, Foreword by Wendy D. Puriefoy
The authors of Make Just One Change argue that formulating one’s own questions is “the single most essential skill for learning”—and one that should be taught to all students.
Teaching as a Moral Practice
Defining, Developing, and Assessing Professional Dispositions in Teacher Education
Edited by Peter C. Murrell Jr., Mary E. Diez, Sharon Feiman-Nemser, and Deborah L. Schussler
Sometimes understood as habits of mind, “dispositions” represents a new concept in teacher education. Conversations about professional dispositions in teaching often touch on issues such as attitudes, values, moral commitment, and social justice.
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Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There
Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms
H. Richard Milner IV, foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings
2012 Outstanding Book Award, AACTE
Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There addresses a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers for the racially diverse student populations in their classrooms. A down-to-earth book, it aims to help practitioners develop insights and skills for successfully educating diverse student bodies.
Spotlight on Student Engagement, Motivation, and Achievement
No. 5 in the Harvard Education Letter Spotlight Series
Edited by Caroline T. Chauncey and Nancy Walser
Only when students feel engaged both socially and academically can schools and teachers lay the groundwork to motivate achievement. This volume, the fifth in the Harvard Education Letter Spotlight series, brings together fifteen seminal articles that examine research and practice on these complex and interrelated issues.
Teaching Immigrant and Second-Language Students: Strategies for Success
No. 2 in the Harvard Education Letter Spotlight Series
Edited by Michael Sadowski
Teaching Immigrant and Second-Language Students draws on the work of teachers, administrators, and researchers to identify the practices that reach diverse students most effectively.
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The Complex World of Teaching
Perspectives from Theory and Practice
Edited by Ethan Mintz and John T. Yun
In this collection of the best writing on teaching and teachers from the Harvard Educational Review, authors discuss the multiple demands, distractions, desires, and dilemmas that teachers face in their daily work.
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Class Acts
Teachers Reflect on Their Own Classroom Practice
Edited by Irene Hall, Carolyn H. Campbell, and Edward J. Miech
In this remarkable collection of articles, teachers reflect on the complex worlds of their classrooms to gain a better understanding of their students, themselves, and the act of teaching.
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