Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators'' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction and Mentoring. Its importance is derived from three sources: (1) careful conceptualization of teacher induction from historical, methodological, and international perspectives; (2) systematic reviews of research literature relevant to various aspects of teacher induction including its social, cultural, and political contexts, program components and forms, and the range of its effects; (3) substantial empirical studies on the important issues of teacher induction with different kinds of methodologies that exemplify future directions and approaches to the research in teacher induction. The content of the book has direct implications for ATE''s membership since part of the ATE mission is to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth of the Association membership whether members are researchers, policy makers, or practitioners in teacher learning and/or teacher induction.

Transforming Novices into Professionals - Matthew J. Jennings - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Millions of novice teachers will be entering classrooms over the next few years. Unfortunately, due to feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and unsuccessfulmany of these teachers will not stay in education. If we are to succeed in staffing our schools with effective teachers, educational leaders must do a better job of supporting these teachers early in their careers. One form of support we can improve is the teacher induction process. In combination with the book From First Year to First Rate, this book provides all of the material necessary to provide a comprehensive, systematic multi-year teacher induction program. Through reflective activities, teachers that participate in this program will establish proficiency with classroom management, professionalism, assessment and instruction.

Transforming Novices into Professionals - Matthew J. Jennings - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Millions of novice teachers will be entering classrooms over the next few years. Unfortunately, due to feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and unsuccessfulmany of these teachers will not stay in education. If we are to succeed in staffing our schools with effective teachers, educational leaders must do a better job of supporting these teachers early in their careers. One form of support we can improve is the teacher induction process. In combination with the book From First Year to First Rate, this book provides all of the material necessary to provide a comprehensive, systematic multi-year teacher induction program. Through reflective activities, teachers that participate in this program will establish proficiency with classroom management, professionalism, assessment and instruction.

Great Beginnings for Music Teachers - - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This practical guide covers the challenges faced by beginning music teachers, district and state-sponsored mentoring and induction programs, alternative certification, and ideas for ongoing professional development. Based on the latest research, this book includes first-person accounts written by beginning music teachers and a state-by-state list of mentoring policies and programs.

Aristotle's Induction and the Inference of First Principles - David Botting - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Betraying Teachers, Betraying Students - Rich Waters - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Schools derived of learning community cultures consistently provide students better learning outcomes than traditional schools. The book argues that the current approach to preparing teachers as independent agents via on campus classes is not only ineffective, but deprives teachers of extensive development opportunities. The proper location of teacher induction and development is in local schools that are derived of a learning community culture where teachers have a full career of professional development.

Betraying Teachers, Betraying Students - Rich Waters - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Schools derived of learning community cultures consistently provide students better learning outcomes than traditional schools. The book argues that the current approach to preparing teachers as independent agents via on campus classes is not only ineffective, but deprives teachers of extensive development opportunities. The proper location of teacher induction and development is in local schools that are derived of a learning community culture where teachers have a full career of professional development.

Retaining Effective Teachers - Mary C. Clement - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Retaining Effective Teachers provides all administrators with step-by-step strategies for hiring and keeping the best teachers. Teachers who serve on search committees and as teacher leaders will value the book as a guide for inducting and mentoring their new colleagues. The author has summarized the most useful research on hiring, induction, mentoring, and teacher support. The many appendices can be used immediately to ask behavior-based interview questions that determine the strongest candidates. Those who lead the induction programs have ready-made lessons and resources for improving orientation, seminars, and mentor training. The research on working with millennial teachers provides insights into ways to support them as high-performing teachers. Excellent summaries of how to observe and supervise teachers provide school leaders with collaborative ways to support and retain their faculties. This book presents a common-sense approach for making district and school retention plans that will retain the most effective teachers needed in today’s – and tomorrow’s – schools. The strategies outlined in the book create help to create schools as high-quality workplaces that will retain teachers.

Retaining Effective Teachers - Mary C. Clement - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Retaining Effective Teachers provides all administrators with step-by-step strategies for hiring and keeping the best teachers. Teachers who serve on search committees and as teacher leaders will value the book as a guide for inducting and mentoring their new colleagues. The author has summarized the most useful research on hiring, induction, mentoring, and teacher support. The many appendices can be used immediately to ask behavior-based interview questions that determine the strongest candidates. Those who lead the induction programs have ready-made lessons and resources for improving orientation, seminars, and mentor training. The research on working with millennial teachers provides insights into ways to support them as high-performing teachers. Excellent summaries of how to observe and supervise teachers provide school leaders with collaborative ways to support and retain their faculties.This book presents a common-sense approach for developing district and school retention plans that will retain the most effective teachers needed in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. The strategies outlined in the book create help to create schools as high-quality workplaces that will retain teachers.

Pragmatism, Logic, and Law - Frederic Kellogg - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Pragmatism, Logic and Law offers a view of legal pragmatism consistent with pragmatism writ large, tracing it from origins in late 19th century America to the present, covering various issues, legal cases, personalities, and relevant intellectual movements within and outside law. It addresses pragmatism’s relation to legal liberalism, legal positivism, natural law, critical legal studies (CLS), and post-Rorty “neopragmatism.” It views legal pragmatism as an exemplar of pragmatism’s general contribution to logical theory, which bears two connections to the western philosophical tradition: first, it extends Francis Bacon’s empiricism into contemporary aspects of scientific and legal experience, and second, it is an explicitly social reconstruction of logical induction. Both notions were articulated by John Dewey, and both emphasize the social or corporate element of human inquiry. Empiricism is informed by social as well as individual experience (which includes the problems of conflict and consensus). Rather than following the Aristotelian model of induction as immediate inference from particulars to generals, a model that assumes a consensual objective viewpoint, pragmatism explores the actual, and extended, process of corporate inference from particular experience to generalization, in law as in science. This includes the necessary process of resolving disagreement and finding similarity among relevant particulars.

Pragmatism, Logic, and Law - Frederic Kellogg - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Pragmatism, Logic and Law offers a view of legal pragmatism consistent with pragmatism writ large, tracing it from origins in late 19th century America to the present, covering various issues, legal cases, personalities, and relevant intellectual movements within and outside law. It addresses pragmatism’s relation to legal liberalism, legal positivism, natural law, critical legal studies (CLS), and post-Rorty “neopragmatism.” It views legal pragmatism as an exemplar of pragmatism’s general contribution to logical theory, which bears two connections to the western philosophical tradition: first, it extends Francis Bacon’s empiricism into contemporary aspects of scientific and legal experience, and second, it is an explicitly social reconstruction of logical induction. Both notions were articulated by John Dewey, and both emphasize the social or corporate element of human inquiry. Empiricism is informed by social as well as individual experience (which includes the problems of conflict and consensus). Rather than following the Aristotelian model of induction as immediate inference from particulars to generals, a model that assumes a consensual objective viewpoint, pragmatism explores the actual, and extended, process of corporate inference from particular experience to generalization, in law as in science. This includes the necessary process of resolving disagreement and finding similarity among relevant particulars.

Using Knowledge - Ingemar Nordin - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

In Using Knowledge: On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine Ingemar Nordin analyses the philosophical problems and nature of science, technology, and medicine. The main focus of the book is on the structure and dynamics of technological change. What implications do the goals of technology have for its rationality? How can the pragmatic problem of induction be solved within a fallibilistic and skeptical context? Nordin shows that the social context is of vital importance for the goal of technology (usefulness) and its rational development, with important consequences for how to design a techno policy in society. A rational technological development needs technological pluralism since knowledge of what is useful is scattered among millions of users.

The Malay Nobat - Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

The Malay Nobat: A History of Power, Acculturation, and Sovereignty explores the history and meaning of the nobat, a court ensemble that has performed music for courts in Malaysia and Brunei with roots in the Islamicate world since Abbassid times. Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid examines the nobat spread throughout the Muslim empire and its emergence as a symbol of power and sovereignty. The author argues that the nobat was an important symbol of Muslim power and analyzes the effect of the nobat’s appropriation by colonial powers and of its induction as part of an invented tradition in the process of nation-building a modern Malay state. The author ultimately shows how existing nobat ensembles are the last living musical legacy of the Muslim world.

Supporting New Teachers - Kimberly Calhoon - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a framework for critical components every new teacher needs to be successful and feel supported in their first year of teaching. It also serves as a guide for administrators to assure their new teachers are equipped with the tools needed to be successful. Based on interviews with new teachers conducted for this study, we offer recommendations for which resources and activities novices felt were needed to successfully navigate their first year of employment. Their suggestions emphasized the need to create new teacher induction activities and mentoring programs that are based on the specific needs of novice teachers versus veteran teachers. This guide provides critical information for administrators in creating the most positive and supportive educational experience for new teachers on their faculty while also supporting all students within their classrooms.

Supporting New Teachers - Kimberly Calhoon - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a framework for critical components every new teacher needs to be successful and feel supported in their first year of teaching. It also serves as a guide for administrators to assure their new teachers are equipped with the tools needed to be successful. Based on interviews with new teachers conducted for this study, we offer recommendations for which resources and activities novices felt were needed to successfully navigate their first year of employment. Their suggestions emphasized the need to create new teacher induction activities and mentoring programs that are based on the specific needs of novice teachers versus veteran teachers. This guide provides critical information for administrators in creating the most positive and supportive educational experience for new teachers on their faculty while also supporting all students within their classrooms.

Talking Teaching - Joan Cady Brownstein - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

If you are looking for a book that provides concrete advice for establishing group reflection, then Talking Teaching is the perfect choice. The work is the product of a three-year grant-supported induction year program. College faculty from an associated group of colleges joined staff developers from a growing suburban district in creating an entire year''s curriculum for beginning teachers. One component included monthly meetings of reflective practice groups including new and experienced teachers, a college professor, and usually, one district administrator. The group soon became aware of the need for collegial conversation in supporting teachers both new and experienced. Teachers were eager to share advice and offer support, and the reflective group process became an educational vehicle for making theory-to-practice connections. Will be of interest to principals, faculty/staff development coordinators, and teacher preparation faculty.

Transforming Learning for the Workplace of the New Millennium - Book 4 - Eleni Roulis - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This book, fourth in the Voyager: Direction for Learning and Careers Set, is part of a comprehensive curriculum package for grades 11-14. It will help develop partnerships between business organizations and educational institutions to create and implement effective school-to-career programs that prepare work-ready and career-bound students. Special Features: · A guide to classroom instruction, worksite induction, and cross-discipline coordination. · Detailed lesson plans are developmentally sequenced through the entirety of the curriculum. · Hands-on activities are developed that students, parents, and teachers will find exciting. · Consists of four parts—Preparing for the Voyager Program; The Classroom and Workplace Experience; The Roles and Responsibilities of all Stakeholders; and Voices from the Next Generation: Critical Workers and Learners—which can also be purchased separately. Intended for multiple audiences including educators, administrators, business leaders and organizations, community agencies, university and college teacher preparation programs, global cultural workers, and school districts.

From First Year to First Rate - Matthew J. Jennings - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Administrators often assume new teachers come prepared with the foundational skills required to be effective teachers. Not only is this frequently a false assumption, but some of these skills do also not fully make sense until a teacher has responsibility for a classroom. To assist in the transition process, many teachers will attend orientation and be assigned a mentor. However, they will not receive professional development designed to establish the foundational skills of classroom management, direct instruction, classroom assessment and professionalism. These are the bedrock skills necessary for both short and long-term success as a professional educator. Through concise, research-based explanations and practical application activities, this book is designed to fill this void. Whether it is read alone, in concert with a mentor, or as part of a systematic district induction program, teachers that master the content of this text will become effective with their students.

Teach in the Positive Circle - Julie West - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Teaching is a lifelong trial, but the first few years in the classroom are typically amongst a teacher’s most challenging. Teach in the Positive Circle: Creating Opportunities for Growth and Reflection is an instrumental resource for new teachers entering the profession. This collection of real-world scenarios, checklists, and reflections provides practical guidance to make the first years successful. This book will help new teachers navigate relationships and understand themselves on a deeper level and the specific, positive tips will help in sustaining the energy necessary to maintain the enthusiasm and joy of the profession throughout their career. New teachers will find perseverance, balance, and confidence in daily interactions with different personalities. Teach in the Positive Circle also offers tips to set up a new teacher induction program as well as providing support to traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs, teacher cadet programs, and individual in-service teachers.

From First Year to First Rate - Matthew J. Jennings - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Administrators often assume new teachers come prepared with the foundational skills required to be effective teachers. Not only is this frequently a false assumption, but some of these skills do also not fully make sense until a teacher has responsibility for a classroom. To assist in the transition process, many teachers will attend orientation and be assigned a mentor. However, they will not receive professional development designed to establish the foundational skills of classroom management, direct instruction, classroom assessment and professionalism. These are the bedrock skills necessary for both short and long-term success as a professional educator. Through concise, research-based explanations and practical application activities, this book is designed to fill this void. Whether it is read alone, in concert with a mentor, or as part of a systematic district induction program, teachers that master the content of this text will become effective with their students.

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook for Critical Thinking - Daniel Flage - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Just as The Elements of Style provides a quick and authoritative reference for writers, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook for Critical Thinking provides a quick and authoritative reference for issues regarding reasoning. The Handbook provides clear and succinct discussions of the following issues: · Issues germane to clarifying sentences: ambiguity, vagueness, and propositional attitudes · General discussions of descriptions, explanations, and arguments· Criteria for evaluating observational statements and testimony · Categorical syllogisms, including issues germane to both the Boolean and Aristotelian interpretations· A complete system of propositional logic and a brief discussion of the use of truth tables · Induction: generalization and particularization arguments, analogies, arguments to the best explanation, Mill''s Methods, counterfactual reasoning, and making decisions under risk and uncertainty· A brief discussion of the principle formulas involved in calculating probabilities · An extended discussion of informal fallacies· An essay on the relationship between critical thinking and writing

Teach in the Positive Circle - Julie West - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Teaching is a lifelong trial, but the first few years in the classroom are typically amongst a teacher’s most challenging. Teach in the Positive Circle: Creating Opportunities for Growth and Reflection is an instrumental resource for new teachers entering the profession. This collection of real-world scenarios, checklists, and reflections provides practical guidance to make the first years successful. This book will help new teachers navigate relationships and understand themselves on a deeper level and the specific, positive tips will help in sustaining the energy necessary to maintain the enthusiasm and joy of the profession throughout their career. New teachers will find perseverance, balance, and confidence in daily interactions with different personalities. Teach in the Positive Circle also offers tips to set up a new teacher induction program as well as providing support to traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs, teacher cadet programs, and individual in-service teachers.