Becoming a Better Teacher : Eight Innovations That Work
Language: English
Published by Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2000
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- Title
- Becoming a Better Teacher : Eight Innovations That Work
- Author
- Martin-Kniep, Giselle O.
- Publisher
- Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0871203855
- ISBN 13
- 9780871203854
- Item weight
- 0.75 pounds
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About the Author
Giselle O. Martin-Kniep is the president of Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd., an educational consulting organization specializing in regional and school-based curriculum and assessment. Martin-Kniep has a strong background in organizational change, a doctorate in social sciences in education, and an Ed.S. degree in educational evaluation from Stanford University. From 1990 to 1995 she was a faculty member in the School of Education at Adelphi University. She has served as a program evaluator, a curriculum auditor, a researcher, and a teacher educator. Since 1990, she has worked with over 500 schools and districts both nationally and internationally in the areas of alternative assessment, integrated curriculum design, school change, and action research. She currently directs more than 35 comprehensive, multiyear regional and school-based national and international professional development programs for K-12 teachers. She also works as a consultant for the International Baccalaureate and the New York State Department of Education. In addition, she is president and CEO of the Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning.
Martin-Kniep has written numerous books, chapters in edited texts, and articles. Her two most recent publications are Why Am I Doing This? Purposeful Teaching Through Portfolio Assessment (Heinemann, 1998) and Capturing the Wisdom of Practice: Portfolios for Teachers and Administrators (ASCD, 1999).
Diane Cunningham (author of Chapter 8, "Action Research: Asking and Answering Questions About Practice") is an educational consultant for Learner-Centered Initiatives. Over the past 12 years she has engaged in various action research projects and has guided many teachers and administrators in carrying out action research. She coauthored a chapter on authentic assessment and is co-editor of Why Am I Doing This? Purposeful Teaching Through Portfolio Assessment.
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