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For this assignment you will need a copy of the book "
What Great Teachers do Differently" by Todd Whitaker. We will do a book study of this book. These were put in mailboxes. See Debbie if you didn't get a copy.
Read Section 1 which consists of Chapters 1 and 2.
Key Concepts are:
Once you have read the assignment, please sign on and complete comments to the following discussion questions. Also, please comment on at least two contributions of others. This should be done prior to the next class meeting on Jan. 22.
Questions.
What Great Teachers do Differently" by Todd Whitaker. We will do a book study of this book. These were put in mailboxes. See Debbie if you didn't get a copy.
Read Section 1 which consists of Chapters 1 and 2.
- Chapter 1:Why look at Great
- Chapter 2:It's People Not Programs
Key Concepts are:
- Great teachers do not use sarcasm, yell at students, or argue with students in front of other students.
- We can always learn from observing what great teachers to. Eliminating inappropriate choices does not help as much as idenfifying good ideas used by successful educators.
- All that is truly needed to improve education is for all teachers to be like our very best teachers.
- Who we are as teachers and what we do as teachers is more important than what we know. Teachers must self-reflect on who they are and what they must do in order to improve their practice.
- There are only two ways to improve any school: get better teachers and improve the teacherteachers already there.
- No program inherently leads to school improvement. It is the people who implement sound programs and determine the success of the school. Programs are never the solution, and they are never the problem.
- What matters most is not what teachers do but how appropriately and effectively they do it.
Once you have read the assignment, please sign on and complete comments to the following discussion questions. Also, please comment on at least two contributions of others. This should be done prior to the next class meeting on Jan. 22.
Questions.
- What is the most important idea communicated in these two chapter? chapters? How could you implement this idea in your classroom?
- Why should we look at what great teachers do?
- What is it that determines in--in the eyes of parents and studentsstudents-- whether or not a school is great?
- Which of the three words in the phrase "poor lecturer's classroom" identifies the problem? How is this single example illustrative of the "people versus programs" concept?
