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The quest for better teaching.
- Source :
- Oxford Review of Education; Feb2021, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p45-60, 16p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The quest to improve teaching on a wide scale is an enduring challenge globally. Yet demonstrable improvement in teaching quality is both elusive and slow. In this essay, I explore some of the complexities that contribute to the slow pace of change, including: the slippage between teachers and teaching as the object of improvement; the poorly defined concept of good teaching; the difficulty of demonstrating improvement in teaching; institutional constraints on improvement efforts; the growing web of marketing; and conflicting conceptions of professional development itself. Using my ongoing work on Quality Teaching and Quality Teaching Rounds, I illustrate how we have addressed these matters to produce measurable and sustainable effects. Finally, I elaborate the key principles of our approach, while acknowledging the challenges of wide-scale improvement, given the institutional and discursive character of the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03054985
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Oxford Review of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149013204
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1842182