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