At the Heart of Teaching: A Guide to Reflective Practice (Series on School Reform) (the series on school reform) - Hardcover

McEntee, Grace Hall; Appleby, John; Dowd, JoAnne; Grant, Jan; Hole, Simon; Silva, Peggy C.; Check, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807743496 ISBN 13: 9780807743492

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2003

Synopsis

Featuring engaging narratives, this ""how-to"" book delves into reflection as a concept and provides specific, replicable tools for professional practice. Each chapter draws on a particular school situation demonstrating the value of teacher reflection and describing the nuts and bolts of the process, including protocols for handling many different circumstances.

About this title

Review

""At the end of each chapter I was dying to go back to the classroom and adapt a new idea into my practice. But probably more importantly, I saw my own practice in a new my own practice in a new light as I read these engaging accounts of the work of other teachers. They ring true and honest to what schooling is about and how and why good teachers never give up-and why they love their work." ""Typical professional development fare will rarely take us close to the particulars of our own practice....As I read through these chapters, finally, it's that sense of thoughtful becoming, that possibility of action in the midst of uncertainty that, at the end of the day, is the promise of this book."

About the Author

Grace Hall McEntee is a retired public high school teacher, co-founder and editor of the AISR Writing Within School Reform Publication Series, and co-founder of Educators Writing for Change. Jon Appleby teaches English at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. JoAnne Dowd is the curriculum coordinator for School Administrative Unit 21 in Hampton, New Hampshire, and is a national NSRF facilitator. Jan Grant is the founder and director of Forum and Associates, a consulting firm in Kingston, Rhode Island, dedicated to educational reform initiatives. Simon Hole teaches fourth grade in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Peggy Silva is co-author of Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School and writing coordinator at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0807743496
• ISBN 13: 9780807743492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144