Best Practices for Education Professionals

ISBN-13: 9781926895093 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 186 str.

Heidi Schnackenberg; Beverly Burnell

Opis

Best practices currently advocate that education professionals consult and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines as a means of providing students and their families a comprehensive, developmental approach to students' academic, career, and social/personal growth. This volume has been developed to inform in-service and pre-service professional educators, including teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, and other school professionals, about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when addressing the comprehensive development of children in schools and school settings. The book is comprised of both research (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-design) and conceptual pieces about the most effective, current professional practices for professionals who work with P-12 children in schools. It will be highly useful for individuals studying to be practicing teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, as well as other school professionals. The book informs in-service and pre-service individuals about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when working with children in schools and school settings. The volume is also important to individuals undertaking academic (master and doctoral) level research on best practices for school professionals. The book includes recent, research-based ideas in the field of education. Topics covered include cultural competencies for school professionals, learning communities, educational technology, literacy, and special education. This book is particularly important in the field of education since becoming informed on the latest techniques and ideologies is an essential component of both professional preparation and continuing professional development of school professionals.

Spis treści

So What’s the "Big Idea?": The Great Uncover Up. Teaching and Learning with Care and Commitment: Faculty Cohorts as Best Practice. Applying Art-Based Self Study Techniques within Qualitative Research Teaching. Moving Beyond Test-Driven and Textbook-Driven Curricula: Five Questions to Facilitate School Change. The Literacy Tapestry: Language Arts (the Warp) and Creativity (the Weft). Students’ Experiences in Learning Communities within Teacher Education. Inclusion as a Design Strategy for Teacher Preparation Programs. Sexual and Gender Identity Development and School Climate: What Do Professional Educators Need to Know? Understanding and Utilizing Quantitative Research as Best Practice in Education. Technological Sophistication and Teacher Preparation for Gen-Y. A Socratic Apology in Favor of Educational Technology.