The skillful teacher
Subtitle: building your teaching skills
By: Jon Saphier, Robert Gower
Contributors: Gower, Robert R.
Publisher: Research for Better Teaching, Inc.
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Carlisle, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Teaching; Teachers; Training of
Description: This book has become a standard text in many teaching courses. Designed for both the novice and the experienced educator, The Skillful Teacher is a unique synthesis of the Knowledge Base on Teaching with powerful repertoires for matching teaching strategies to student needs. Designed as a practical guide for practitioners working to broaden their teaching skills, the book focuses on 17 critical areas of classroom performance. Numerous examples illustrate teaching approaches, and chapter-by-chapter bibliographies provide additional sources for further research. This expanded fifth edition includes new chapters on Assessment, Expectations, Classroom Climate, The Importance of Teacher Beliefs, and Conditions for Teacher Learning.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.