{"product_id":"fulfilling-the-needs-of-teachers-9781475835007","title":"Fulfilling the Needs of Teachers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFulfilling the Needs of Teachers gives teacher educators the power to reach a teacher's mind and soul.  This book guides educators through a five-step process for creating design tasks.  Design tasks are multi-dimensional professional learning activities that develop teachers' understandings, skills, and abilities by presenting knowledge in a context that affects his or her beliefs, attitudes, and emotions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil reading Fulfilling the Needs of Teachers, my process for delivering professional development workshops to teachers had been based on personal observations, a short workshop, and my instincts.  Lacking in my professional development plans were opportunities for teachers to grapple with new content and for teachers to create and analyze assessments for effectiveness of implementation.  Dr. Ray’s system for working, implementing, and assessing new information provided insight into how to solve this problem.  Particularly helpful were the author’s conversations at the end of each section with “Annie”, who tended to ask the very same questions about the system as I did.    -- Rebecca N. Reed, MAEEE, Social Studies Supervisor, Red Clay Consolidated School District, Wilmington, Delaware\u003cbr\u003eI have read and re-read the chapters and made design tasks for the teachers to use this summer in their teacher training program. The classroom-centered tasks are an eye opener for teacher-centric to child-centric and the relevance to ecosystem processing connection in a class of (40-45) students which we follow. This book is going to be a treat and a helpful guide to teachers and the community. -- Veena Purwar, Director Versatile Scholars, Co-director Education Partners in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication Epigraph Foreword Preface\t Acknowledgement Introduction Part One: The Big Picture 1: Stopping the Insanity 2: Making Existing Models Obsolete\t 3: What Nobody Has Thought Yet 4: Providing Conditions for Learning Part Two: Classroom-Centered Tasks 5: Selecting Entry Points 6: Personalizing Professional Learning  7: Determining Best Fit  Part Three: Learning-Centered Tasks 8: Reinforcing Resiliency  9: Beyond What You Have Mastered\t 10: The Other Side of Fear Part Four: Understanding-Centered Tasks 11: Influencing Teachers’ Emotions  12: Seeing Where You Have Been 13: Testing What You Think You Know Part Five: Progress-Centered Tasks 14: Fulfilling Teachers’ Needs  15: Moving Closer to the Truth 16: Imposing a Coherence of Their Own  Part Six: Influencing Teachers’ Emotions (An Excerpt) 17: Unleashing a New Form of Energy  Appendices A: Identifying and Defining Connections  B: Selecting Focal Points  C: Developing Instructional Goals D: Linking Students’ Learning Outcomes to Teachers’ Professional Learning E: Measuring Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy  F: The Geneva Emotion Wheel G: Teacher Motivation for Professional Development  Glossary About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739629597015,"sku":"9781475835007","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fulfilling-the-needs-of-teachers-9781475835007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}