Better teachers, better schools : what star teachers know, believe, and do

We all know teachers who, in the face of insurmountable district and school level challenges, inspire underserved students to succeed. These teachers are more than good - they are 'stars'. Haberman maintains that school districts still gamble when selecting teachers as an overwhelming numb...

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Other Authors Hill-Jackson, Valerie, 1969- (Editor), Stafford, Delia (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2017]
SeriesUrban education studies.
Subjects
Education, Urban > United States.
Students with social disabilities > United States.
Teachers > Training of > United States.
Education > Urban.
Teacher training.
Education.
Urban communities.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609130
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-717-6
Physical Description1 online resource (234 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • About the series
  • Chapter 1
  • Foreword: Standing the test of time--the martin haberman legacy / Jonathan Kozol
  • Chapter 2
  • Prologue: A star teacher for every classroom / Valerie Hill-Jackson and Delia Stafford
  • Chapter 3. Selecting star teachers for children and youth in poverty / Martin Haberman
  • Chapter 4. Gentle teaching in a violent society: A postscript for the 21st century / Martin Haberman with Valerie Hill-Jackson
  • Chapter 5. Teacher burnout in black and white / Martin Haberman
  • Chapter 6. The myth of the highly qualified bright young teacher / Martin Haberman
  • Chapter 7. Character is destiny: My journey to becoming a star teacher / Sherese Mitchell
  • Chapter 8. Confessions of a novice star teacher of children in poverty / Lauren Ashley Williams
  • Chapter 9. Does highly qualified make you a star? / Sueanne E. McKinney, Sherell Fuller, Stephen Hancock, Robert H. Audette, and Jack Robinson
  • Chapter 10. Victory at buffalo creek: What makes a school serving low-income Hispanic children successful? / Martin Haberman
  • Chapter 11. Teaching in the windy city: A mixed method case study of seven star teachers in chicago / Nicholas D. Hartlep, Christopher M. Hansen, Sara A. McCubbins, Guy J. Banicki, and Grant B. Morgan
  • Chapter 12. Selecting and preparing urban teachers / Martin Haberman
  • About the contributors.

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