Part 2 - The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills

Kindle Edition, Part 2 of 4: Available as a full book and also in four parts, this "gold standard" textbook now in its sixth edition has been used extensively in many colleges and school districts across the U.S. and in a number of places around the world for studying generic pedagogy aka the Knowledge Base on Teaching. Designed for both the novice and the experienced educator, The Skillful Teacher is a unique synthesis of the knowledge base on teaching with powerful repertoires for matching teaching strategies to student needs. Designed as a practical guide for practitioners working to broaden their teaching skills, the book combines theory with practice and focuses on 18 critical areas of classroom performance. It has been deemed as a must for instructional coaches and mentors. The four parts align with the four sections in the hard copy textbook. Each part is packaged with the two introductory chapters.

* Part 2: How to Use Instructional Skills for Powerful Student Learning includes the following:
o Chapter 1: Introduction describes the nature of the professional knowledge base on teaching and its key concepts.
o Chapter 2: Teacher Beliefs explores the connection between teacher beliefs about intelligence and children's capacity to learn, including beliefs about learning itself, teachers and teaching, and schools and schooling.
o Chapter 9: Clarity - explores the repertoire of ways teachers can make concepts and skills clear and accessible to students
o Chapter 10: Principles of Learning - contains 24 research-based strategies that can increase the rate and durability of students' learning
o Chapter 11: Models of Teaching - includes eight models of teaching, each of which is designed to teach content and a particular kind of thinking