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Reflective practice for educators : professional development to improve student learning / Karen F. Osterman and Robert B. Kottkamp.

By: Osterman, Karen Figler [author].
Contributor(s): Kottkamp, Robert B [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2004Description: xxii, 212 pages : 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781632205681 (paperback).Subject(s): Teachers -- In-service training -- United States | School administrators -- In-service training -- United States | Reflective teaching | Learning | School improvement programs -- United StatesDDC classification: 370.715
Contents:
Reflective practice, school reform, and professional development -- Engaging in reflective practice: a cycle of experiential learning -- The keystone of reflective practice: gathering data -- Facilitating reflective practice in the workplace -- The problematic student -- Bullying and victimization in the classroom -- Teachers and kids as reflective practitioners of their learning -- Reflective practice for empowerment.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 370.715 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CIT Module EDUC 8024 - Core reading. 00214361
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 370.715 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CIT Module EDUC 8024 - Core reading. 00214322
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Written for teachers, administrators, and professional development specialists in schools and universities, this book is an educators' guide to reflective practice. In clear, accessible language, the authors explain the potential to create meaningful change in schools and show you how to integrate reflective practice effectively into the daily work of schools.

The book:

- Explains reflective practice as a professional development strategy and its importance for school reform
- Offers ideas and practical strategies to facilitate collaborative, data-based inquiry, dialogue, and problem-solving in schools
- Describes reflective practice in action and illustrates its power to create meaningful change in classrooms
- Shows how reflective practice is an important step in creating professional learning organizations

Reflective practice has the potential to renew your sense of optimism, commitment, and efficacy as you learn how to support meaningful professional growth, shape a culture of learning, and make important changes in students' learning.

Bibliography: (pages 193-203) and index.

Reflective practice, school reform, and professional development -- Engaging in reflective practice: a cycle of experiential learning -- The keystone of reflective practice: gathering data -- Facilitating reflective practice in the workplace -- The problematic student -- Bullying and victimization in the classroom -- Teachers and kids as reflective practitioners of their learning -- Reflective practice for empowerment.

CIT Module EDUC 8024 - Core reading.