How Teaching Happens : Seminal Works in Teaching and Teacher Effectiveness and What They Mean in Practice

Building on their bestselling book __How Learning Happens__, Paul A. Kirschner and Carl Hendrick are joined by Jim Heal to explore how teaching happens. The book seeks to closely examine what makes for effective teaching in the classroom and how research on expert teaching can be used in practice. Introducing 30 seminal works from the field of education psychology research, the learning sciences, and teaching effectiveness studies, each chapter takes an important work and illustrates clearly and concisely what the research means and how it can be used in daily practice. Divided into six sections the book covers: • Teacher Effectiveness, Development, and Growth • Curriculum Development / Instructional Design • Teaching Techniques • Pedagogical Content Knowledge • In the Classroom • Assessment The book ends with a final chapter on "What’s Missing?" in how teachers __learn__ to teach. Written by three leading experts in the field with illustrations by Oliver Cavigioli, __How Teaching Happens__ provides a clear roadmap for classroom teachers, school leaders, and teacher trainers/trainees on what effective teaching looks like in practice. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface: How Teaching Happens Section 1 Teacher Effectiveness, Development, and Growth 1 An Experienced Teacher ≠ An Expert Teacher: David Berliner on Teacher Expertise 2 Those Who Understand, Teach: Lee Shulman on Knowledge Growth in Teachers 3 Teachers are Made, Not Born: Linda Darling-Hammond on Teacher Training 4 The Death of the Teacher?: Jere Brophy and Thomas Good on Teacher Behaviour 5 I Think, Therefore I Teach: Daniel Muijs and Colleagues on Teacher Effectiveness 6 When Thinking and Acting Become One: Donald Schön on Reflective Practice Section 2 Curriculum Development/Instructional Design 7 It’s All About Alignment: John Biggs on Constructive Alignment 8 Pebble in the Pond: M. David Merrill and Jeroen van Merriënboer on Instructional Design 9 How to Tell the Story of an Idea: Jerome Bruner on Representing Knowledge 10 If you Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You Might Wind Up Someplace Else: Robert Mager on Lesson Objectives Section 3 Teaching Techniques 11 There’s No Such Thing as a Child Who Can’t Be Taught: Siegfried Engelmann on Direct Instruction 12 Burning the Strawman: Barak Rosenshine on Explicit Instruction 13 Make Something of What You’ve Learnt: Logan Fiorella & Richard Mayer on Ways to Generate Learning 14 Learning: No Pain, No Gain: Robert Bjork on Desirable Difficulties 15 Step for Step: Robert Atkinson and Colleagues on Examples Section 4 Pedagogical Content Knowledge 16 Why You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know: Lee Schulman on Teacher Knowledge 17 Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Heather Hill, Deborah Hall and Colleagues on Mathematics PCK 18 The Science of Science Teaching: Jan Van Driel and Colleagues on Science PCK 19 Three Chords and the Truth: Pamela Grossman and Lee Shulman on PCK and English 20 How Should We Teach Reading?: Anne Castles and Colleagues on the Science of Reading 21 Why Technology Should Be the Servant Not the Master: Matthew Koehler and Punya Mishra on PCK and Technology Section 5 In the Classroom 22 “To Thine Own Self Be True”: The Authentic Teacher: Pedro De Bruyckere & Paul A. Kirschner on Teacher Authenticity 23 Relationships Matter: Theo Wubbels & Mieke Brekelmans on the Importance of Relationships 24 Why Relationships Matter: Robert Marzano on Classroom Management 25 Teachers as Intelligent Consumers: Berliner on Classroom Management Section 6 Assessment 26 The Many Faces and Uses of Assessment: Benjamin Bloom and Colleagues on Different Types of Evaluation 27 When Testing Kills Learning: John Biggs on Constructive Alignment 28 Don’t Ask Questions That Don’t Require Understanding to Answer: Richard Anderson on Test Design 29 Why Teaching to the Test Is So Bad: Daniel Koretz on Grade Inflation 30 Hocus-Pocus Teacher Education: NCTQ on What Teachers Don’t Learn in School Glossary Index "Building on their bestselling book How Learning Happens, Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick are joined by Jim Heal to explore how teaching happens. The book seeks to closely examine what makes for effective teaching in the classroom and how research on expert teaching can be used in practice. Introducing 30 seminal works from the field of education psychology research, the learning sciences, and teaching effectiveness studies, each chapter takes an important work and illustrates clearly and concisely what the research means and how it can be used in daily practice. Divided into six sections the book covers: Teacher effectiveness, development, and growth, Curriculum development / Instructional design, Teaching Techniques, Pedagogical content knowledge, In the Classroom, Assessment, What's missing? Written by three leading experts in the field with illustrations by Oliver Cavigioli, How Teaching Happens provides a clear roadmap for classroom teachers, school leaders and teacher trainers/trainees on what effective teaching looks like in practice"-- Provided by publisher