Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching Review
I have been using the first or second edition of Enhancing Professional Practice for several years now. The book holds a constructivist view of learning and teaching, and we use the book at our school for our mentorship program. Enhancing Professional Practice is centered around four domains of teaching responsibility - planning and preparation, the school environment, instruction and professional responsibilities. Within those four domains are 22 components and 76 descriptive elements that give greater details concerning the teaching profession. The descriptive elements are organized into four levels (distinguished, proficient, basic and unsatisfactory) and can really help teachers see where they are at and what they need to improve. The second edition of Danielson's book contains a few additions and revisions. This made the second edition about 60 pages longer. Some of these additions and revisions include an emphasis of the importance of state curriculum frameworks and standards, frameworks for a host of education specialists and expanding the providing feedback to students component to incorporate other elements of using assessment in instruction. I can't say Danielson's book is the most exciting read ever, but it is a solid book that can help teachers improve their practice.
Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching Overview
The framework for teaching described in this book is based on the PRAXIS III:
Classroom Performance Assessments criteria developed by Educational Testing Service. This
framework identifies those aspects of a teacher's responsibilities that have been documented
through empirical studies and theoretical research as promoting improved student learning.
Those responsibilities seek to define what teachers should know and be able to do in the exercise
of their profession. In this framework, the complex activity of teaching is divided into 22
components clustered into four domains of teaching responsibility: planning and preparation,
classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities. Although the components
are distinct, they are also related to one another: A teacher's planning and preparation affect
instruction, and all these are affected by the reflection on practice that accompanies a unit and
lesson.
The framework of professional practice is designed to meet the needs of novice teachers, who are
concerned with day-to-day survival; experienced teachers, who want to improve their
effectiveness and help their colleagues do so as well; and highly accomplished teachers, who
want to move toward advanced certification and serve as a resource to less-experienced
colleagues.
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Customer Reviews
If you can read this thing, more power to you - Initiate22000 - Rochester, New York
I bought this book on the recommendation of a college professor, but cannot bring myself to read it. I believe it outlines the new trends in the structure of education, so it would be very important for that reason, since I am a recent graduate in education. However, it appears to be written in the dryest possible terms imaginable. Someone else is really going to have to convince me that I need this and why, in order to get through it. It looks painfully tedious and analytical.
For those highly intellectual types who enjoy theories and concepts, I am sure this is just the book for you. I am a hands-on kind of person and enjoy what is practical and that I can use right now. This book just makes my head spin.
good purchase - Arlene D. Allbrittin - georgia
Thanks. This was a good purchase. The book arrived promptly even before the expected delivery. It was in good condition as stated by the seller. I will use this seller again too.
Great book for improving your teaching expertise - tasha - Medford, OR
This Book has been very helpful in writing my competencies for graduate school and is a fairly easy read compared to some of my other textbooks.
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