Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools
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Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools: A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders

Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools: A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders


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Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! This practical, research-based book gives principals, teachers, and school administrators a direct, inside look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. The authors provide detailed examples and analyses of these practices, and successfully demystify the achievement of these schools. They offer practical guides to help educators apply these successful practices in their own schools. Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools will be a valuable tool for any educator in both urban and non-urban schools-schools that serve diverse student populations, including English language learners and children from low-income families.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. Understanding and Using This Book 2. Focusing on Mastery 3. Introducing Content Logically, Clearly, and Concisely 4. Acquiring and Responding to Evidence of Understanding 5. Connecting with Student Interests, Backgrounds, Cultures, and Prior Knowledge 6. Building Student Vocabulary 7. Promoting Successful Practice 8. Making Students Feel Valued and Capable 9. Leading Students to Love Learning 10. Developing Best Practices Throughout a School Conclusion References

About the Author :
Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation and the Qualcomm Professor of Urban Education within the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. He has previously served as a teacher, school and district administrator, state education agency administrator in Texas and Ohio, researcher and technical assistance provider, and U.S. Department of Education official. His research focuses upon schools that achieve remarkable academic results for diverse populations of students. His work has appeared in journals such as Education and Urban Society, Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Leadership, International Journal of Leadership in Education, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Phi Delta Kappan, and Theory into Practice. Lynne G. Perez, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation at San Diego State University. She also serves as a part-time lecturer with San Diego State’s Department of Educational Leadership. She serves as an executive coach in the center’s Advancing Principal Leadership in Urban Schools Program. Her work on school leadership issues has appeared in journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Journal of Educational Leadership, Journal of School Leadership, and Teacher College Record. Cynthia L. Uline, Ph.D., is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and executive director of San Diego State’s National Center for the 21st Century Schoolhouse: coe .sdsu .edu/ edl/ schoolhouse/ index .php. She also served as an assistant and associate professor of educational administration at The Ohio State University from 1995 to 2005. Her research explores the influence of built learning environments on students’ learning, as well as the roles educational leaders, teachers, and the community play in shaping these learning spaces. Other areas of research include school leadership for learning and school reform and improvement. Her work has appeared in journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Journal of Educational Administration, Teachers College Record, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, and The Journal of Research and Development in Education.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781317921844
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 158
  • ISBN-10: 1317921844
  • Publisher Date: 16 Aug 2013
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 158
  • Sub Title: A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders


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