Kenneth Leithwood, Pat McAdie, Nina Bascia

Broschiertes Buch

Teaching for Deep Understanding

What Every Educator Should Know

Beschreibung

This well-researched resource draws on the collaborative work between researchers and school practitioners to offer teaching strategies that promote deep understanding and higher-order thinking in students.

Autor

Dr. Leithwood is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at OISE/University of Toronto. His research and writing concerns school leadership, educational policy and organizational change. Dr. Leithwood has published more than 70 referred journal articles, and authored or edited more than thirty books. For example, he is the senior editor of both the first and second International Handbooks on Educational Leadership and Administration (Kluwer Publishers, 1996, 2003). His most recent books (all with Corwin Press) include Leadership With Teachers Emotions In Mind (in press), Making Schools Smarter (3 rd edition, 2006) and Teaching for Deep Understanding (2006). Among his current research projects is a large, five-year, Wallace Foundation study, with colleagues, aimed at determining how state, district and school-level leadership influences student learning. Dr. Leithwood is the recent recipient of the University of Torontos Impact on Public Policy award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781412926966
• ISBN-10: 1412926963
• Artikelnr.: 21965684