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  title info:
    title: Never give up
    sub title: an experienced teacher overcomes obstacles to change
  name:
    name part: Schwille, Sharon A. (Sharon Anderson)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: elektronické knihy
  genre: Case studies.
  genre: electronic books
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (204 pages)
  abstract: Never Give Up is an amazing true story. It is a case study of an experienced elementary school teacher who was motivated to change her teaching practices from teacher-centered, transmission approaches to student-centered, transformational approaches in the context of a Professional Development School. You would think she would have accomplished her goal with support from the PDS participants in a year or two. Instead, she spent seven years encountering struggles, set-backs, and occasionally small triumphs until she achieved bone deep change in her teaching practices. What was she aiming for and why did it take so long? How did she finally achieve her goals? This book is about her journey of change.On one level, this is a story of a teacher as she struggles to change her teaching practice in ways that center on children's learning rather than on teacher centered rote learning. On a deeper level, it is a look at how innovative reform movements and wellmeaning professional development efforts fall short of bringing about deep seated change in teaching methods. It raises weighty questions such as how teacher preparation programs should begin the process of instilling habits of exploration, experimentation, research and learning in their pre-service teachers so that they continuously work at updating and upgrading their teaching practices. It is a message to curriculum developers, policy makers and the public at large that lasting teacher professional development takes more time and support than the more immediate workshop approaches. It raises many questions about how teachers learn and how they can keep their practices fresh and innovative throughout their careers.A study guide designed to elicit deep thought and discussion of the many issues raised by this story accompanies the book. The book and study guide are a valuable supplemental text for courses addressing teacher learning, professional development, workplace learning, teacher change, constructivist teaching pr…
  table of contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Origins of courtney's will to change -- Chapter 2. Beginning to share responsibility with children -- Chapter 3. The stubborn face of reality in shared decision making -- Chapter 4. Professional and personal changes in courtney's identity -- Chapter 5. Engaging in new understandings of subject matter -- Chapter 6. Learning how to work with student teachers -- Chapter 7. Experiencing success, moving forward -- Epilogue: The relevance of courtney's story today -- References.
  note: Sharon A. Schwille.
  note: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Elementary school teaching
    geographic: United States
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Student-centered learning
    geographic: United States
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Laboratory schools
    geographic: United States
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Educational change
    geographic: United States
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Teaching
    topic: Methods & Strategies
  subject:
    topic: Teaching skills and techniques
  classification: 372.1102
  classification: 37.02
  identifier: 9781806610082
  identifier: https://proxy.k.utb.cz/login
  access condition: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 160511
    record change date: 20250607071248.4
    record identifier: em-9781806610082
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng