Table Of ContentChapter 1: Introduction to Teaching and Learning Chapter 2: Student Diversity Chapter 3: Student Abilities and Challenges Chapter 4: Learning Chapter 5: Motivation Chapter 6: Teaching Chapter 7: Classroom Management Chapter 8: Assessing Student Learning Chapter 9: Assessing and Changing School Culture and Climate
SynopsisKEY BENEFIT A first-of-its-kind book offering principals and other instructional leaders up to date knowledge and theories of teaching and learning, plus practical curriculum applications of those perspectives KEY TOPICS Student differences, learning, student motivation, teaching, classroom management, assessing student learning, and assessing and changing school climate and culture MARKET Principals and other instructional leaders Pre-service students of Supervision and Educational Administration, For principals and other instructional leaders For use as a text in courses in Supervision and Introduction to Educational Administration Reaching beyond traditional supervision books, this guide asserts that teachers and principals must work as colleagues to improve teaching and learning in schools. This fresh approach to supervision goes beyond the outmoded concept in which the principal rates the effectiveness of teachers. A first-of-its-kind, the book brings principals and other instructional leaders up to date on the current theories of teaching and learning, as well as the practical curriculum applications of these perspectives. Using a learning-centred approach that emphasizes making decisions that support student learning, the authors address issues critical to the teaching and learning process: student differences, learning, student motivation, teaching, classroom management, assessing student learning, and assessing and changing school climate and culture., This first-of-its-kind resource offers principals and other instructional leaders up to date knowledge and theories of teaching and learning, plus practical curriculum applications of those perspectives. Reaching beyond the traditional concept of supervision in which principals were responsible for rating teachers' effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, 4/e asserts that teachers and principals must work as colleagues to improve teaching and learning in schools. Using a learning-centered approach that emphasizes making decisions that support student learning, the authors address issues critical to the teaching and learning process: student differences, learning, student motivation, teaching, classroom management, assessing student learning, and assessing and changing school climate and culture.