The Teaching Gap
Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom
Published on 16. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4391-4313-1 (ISBN)
Description
Ten years after its first publication, "The Teaching Gap" is now in paperback for the first time, and updated with a new Preface and Afterword. Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this book is for teachers, school administrators, policy makers, politicians, and concerned parents.--"Library Journal."
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Edition
Updated ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Figures
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4391-4313-1 (9781439143131)
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James W. Stigler | James Hiebert
The Teaching Gap
Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom
E-Book
11/2007
Free Press
€13.84
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Persons
James Stigler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at UCLA and Director of the TIMSS video studies, is coauthor of Simon & Schuster'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.
Content
Contents
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: Japan?s 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
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: Japan?s 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