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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974117403321

Autore

Joyce Bruce R

Titolo

Student achievement through staff development / / Bruce R. Joyce, Beverly Showers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Va., : Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2002

ISBN

0-87120-896-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShowersBeverly

Soggetti

Teachers - In-service training - United States

Continuing education - United States

Career development - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword By Michael Fullan""; ""Preface to the 3rd Edition""; ""Part I: Linking Staff Development and Student Achievement""; ""Chapter 1: Student Learning as the Goal: Learning by Everyone as an Ethos""; ""Chapter 2: Testing the Proposition: Cases in Point""; ""Chapter 3: Sources of Tested Content: Inquiries on Teaching and Learning""; ""Part II: The Structure of Staff Development""; ""Chapter 4: Choosing Content: Teaching Students How to Learn""; ""Chapter 5: Designing Training and Peer Coaching: Our Needs for Learning""

""Chapter 6: Implementation: Moving from Workshops to the Classroom""""Chapter 7: Inquiry and Evaluation: Learning What Our Students Are Learning""; ""Part III: People, Organization, and Leadership""; ""Chapter 8: People and Initiatives: Studying States of Growth""; ""Chapter 9: Creating Communities in Districts and Schools: The Organizational Aspects of Growth Environments""; ""Chapter 10: Three Studies and Their Implications for Leadership: Ethos, Ethos, and Ethos""; ""Chapter 11: National Standards: The Fit with Aspirations for Student Achievement""; ""References and Bibliography""

""Index""""About the Authors""; ""Search this Book""



Sommario/riassunto

Here s a book that erases--forever--any doubt that better staff development can lead to higher student achievement and spells out which kinds of professional development are most apt to produce substantial gains in student learning, in relatively short periods of time.