Many inservice teacher educators are experienced classroom teachers; however, they have little--if any--formal training in the design of professional development. As a result, they are likely to use an unintentional design process to create professional development that conflicts with what research has found to be effective, and lacks the capacity to change deeply held pre-existing beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions of inservice teachers. This book provides inservice teacher educators with a design process developed especially for them, in-depth knowledge of the research foundation of the...

Many inservice teacher educators are experienced classroom teachers; however, they have little if any formal training in the design of professional development. As a result, they are likely to use an unintentional design process to create professional development that conflicts with what research has found to be effective, and lacks the capacity to change deeply held pre-existing beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions of inservice teachers. This book provides inservice teacher educators with a design process developed especially for them, in-depth knowledge of the research foundation of the...

This book guides educators through a five-step process for creating design tasks.

This book guides educators through a five-step process for creating design tasks.

The activities in this book serve as a foundation for lesson planning elements that let you self-assess how your plans impact student learning.

The activities in this book serve as a foundation for lesson planning elements that let you self-assess how your plans impact student learning.