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Never Give Up - An Experienced Teacher Overcomes Obstacles to Change (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,533
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Never Give Up - An Experienced Teacher Overcomes Obstacles to Change (Hardcover): Sharon A. Schwille

Never Give Up - An Experienced Teacher Overcomes Obstacles to Change (Hardcover)

Sharon A. Schwille

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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 triump until she achieved bone deep change in her teaching practice. 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 way that center on childern'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.

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Imprint: Information Age Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2016
Authors: Sharon A. Schwille
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-1-68123-482-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools
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LSN: 1-68123-482-3
Barcode: 9781681234823

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