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More copies of this ISBN:The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroomby James W Stigler
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom. For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that American schools are in dire need of improvement, and that education has become our nation's number-one priority. But even though almost every state in the country is working to develop higher standards for what students should be learning, along with the means for assessing their progress, the quick-fix solutions implemented so far haven't had a noticeable impact. The problem, as James Stigler and James Hiebert explain, is that most efforts to improve education fail because they simply don't have any impact on the quality of teaching inside classrooms. Teaching, they argue, is cultural. American teachers aren't incompetent, but the methods they use are severely limited, and American teaching has no system in place for getting better. It is teaching, not teachers, that must be changed. In The Teaching Gap, the authors draw on the conclusions of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) — an innovative new study of teaching in several cultures — to refocus educational reform efforts. Using videotaped lessons from dozens of randomly selected eighth-grade classrooms in the United States, Japan, and Germany, the authors reveal the rich, yet unfulfilled promise of American teaching and document exactly how other countries have consistently stayed ahead of us in the rate their children learn. Our schools can be restructured as places where teachers can engage in career-long learning and classrooms can become laboratories for developing new, teaching-centered ideas. If provided the time they need during the school day for collaborative lesson study and plan building, teachers will change the way our students learn. James Stigler and James Hiebert have given us nothing less than a "best practices" for teachers — one that offers proof that how teachers teach is far more important than increased spending, state-of-the-art facilities, mandatory homework, or special education — and a plan for change that educators, teachers, and parents can implement together. Review:Paul L. KimmelmanSuperintendent of Schools, Northbrook, IllinoisA must for all educators, not only for the knowledge that can be gained about teaching, but also as a tool for building collaborative efforts to enhance curriculum and instruction. Review:Sandra FeldmanPresident, American Federation of TeachersFor a decade now we've looked hard at how other countries deliver good education. We've studied their standards, their curricula, their exams, and their student performance. Finally, here's a book that says none of this will make a difference unless teachers have a professional life — the opportunity to develop and teach the good lessons that enable other reforms to have an impact in typical classrooms with real kids. Stigler and Hiebert's comparative analysis of Japanese, German, and U.S. teaching advises us to make schools places where teachers have the time and support to systematically study and improve upon their daily work. How sensible! Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-201) and index. About the AuthorJames Stigler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at UCLA and Director of the TIMSS, is coauthor of SimonandSchuster's highly praised book The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education. He lives in Los Angeles. Table of ContentsContents Preface Chapter 1: The Teaching Gap Chapter 2: Methods for Studying Teaching in Germany, Japan, and the United States Chapter 3: Images of Teaching Chapter 4: Refining the Images Chapter 5: Teaching Is a System Chapter 6: Teaching Is a Cultural Activity Chapter 7: Beyond Reform: Japans Approach to the Improvement of Classroom Teaching Chapter 8: Setting the Stage for Continuous Improvement Chapter 9: The Steady Work of Improving Teaching Chapter 10: The True Profession of Teaching Notes Index Preface What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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