Planning for Learning: Collaborative Approaches to Lesson Design and Review

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
CONTRIBUTIONS OF COLLABORATIVE LESSON PLANNING......Page 13
CHALLENGES TO COLLABORATIVE PLANNING......Page 14
RESEARCH ON LESSON PLANNING......Page 16
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK......Page 17
CHAPTER 1: Reexamining Lesson Design and Planning......Page 20
CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON LESSON PLANS......Page 21
THE CASE AGAINST TRADITIONAL LESSON PLANNING......Page 31
MOVING BEYOND THE LINEAR LESSON PLAN......Page 37
ENGAGING TEACHERS IN LESSON DESIGN AND REVIEW......Page 39
CONCLUSION: THE USEFUL DISTINCTION BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND COMPETENCE......Page 47
CHAPTER 2: Planning Together: Prospects and Barriers......Page 50
PLANNING AS THE NUCLEUS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING......Page 51
PLANNING WITH PURPOSE......Page 52
THE CASE FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING......Page 55
RECOGNIZING AND SURMOUNTING BARRIERS TO COLLABORATIVE PLANNING......Page 58
THE ESSENTIALS OF COLLABORATIVE PLANNING: AN EXAMPLE......Page 71
CONCLUSION: TRANSFORMING THE PLANNING PROCESS......Page 74
CHAPTER 3: Inaugurating Instructional Planning: The Education of Preservice and Novice Teachers......Page 76
PLANNING AND FIELD EXPERIENCES......Page 78
COLLABORATIVE PLANNING FOR PRESERVICE TEACHERS......Page 85
MEETING THE NEEDS OF NOVICE TEACHERS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PLANNING......Page 92
MODELS OF COLLABORATION FOR NOVICE TEACHERS......Page 95
RECOGNIZING THE BARRIERS TO COLLABORATION FOR NOVICE TEACHERS......Page 101
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT......Page 104
CONCLUSION: COLLABORATION AS A SOLUTION FOR TEACHER RETENTION......Page 107
CHAPTER 4: Lesson Planning as Professional Development: Collaboration Among Experienced Teachers......Page 108
COLLABORATIVE PLANNING DENIED......Page 110
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LESSON DESIGN AND REVIEW......Page 115
PLANNING IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT EXPERTISE......Page 121
THE ROLE OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLANS......Page 124
CONCLUSION: PLANNING AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 125
CHAPTER 5: Planning and Professional Expertise: Teaching to a Higher Standard......Page 128
TEACHERS AS SCHOLARS: PROMOTING RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICE......Page 130
TEACHERS AS LEADERS: RECLAIMING CONSTRUCTIVISM......Page 134
TEACHERS AS COLLEAGUES: FROM ACCOUNTABILITY TO RESPONSIBILITY......Page 136
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT TEACHER EXPERTISE......Page 141
TOWARD A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHER EXPERTISE......Page 146
CONCLUSION: IN PURSUIT OF TEACHER WISDOM......Page 149
APPENDIX: Web Sources for Lesson Design, Planning, and Teacher Networks......Page 152
References......Page 156
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Z......Page 176
About the Authors......Page 177