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What Expert Teachers Do: Enhancing Professional Knowledge for Classroom Practice
How do expert teachers do it? How do they enhance student learning? How do they manage the dilemmas and tensions inherent in working with 25 different students in every lesson?
Internationally respected teacher educator John Loughran argues that teachers' knowledge of what they do is largely tacit and often misunderstood. In this book, he distils the essence of professional practice for classroom teachers.
Drawing on the best research on pedagogy, he outlines the crucial principles of teaching and learning, and shows how they are translated into practice using real classroom examples. He emphasises that teaching procedures need to be part of an integrated approach, so that they are genuinely meaningful and result in learning. Throughout, he shows how teachers can engage their students in ways that create a real 'need to know', and a desire to become active learners.
What Expert Teachers Do is for teachers who want to become really accomplished practitioners.
Internationally respected teacher educator John Loughran argues that teachers' knowledge of what they do is largely tacit and often misunderstood. In this book, he distils the essence of professional practice for classroom teachers.
Drawing on the best research on pedagogy, he outlines the crucial principles of teaching and learning, and shows how they are translated into practice using real classroom examples. He emphasises that teaching procedures need to be part of an integrated approach, so that they are genuinely meaningful and result in learning. Throughout, he shows how teachers can engage their students in ways that create a real 'need to know', and a desire to become active learners.
What Expert Teachers Do is for teachers who want to become really accomplished practitioners.
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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October 17, 2017
A really good refresher course for teachers. Definitely worth a read for a young teacher to get an idea of what it means to be an expert in the field of education.
November 29, 2017
Part I and III are worth the read. Part II feels both redundant and didactic.
May 19, 2019
Not quite practical as I thought it would be
May 27, 2013
This is a good refresher for teachers of any age. I often found myself reading a section and thinking, 'I used to do that didn't I?', or planning how to implement a particular idea into my classes. Loughran treads a fine line between academic review and practical advice without treating the reader as unintelligent. The organization of the chapters into a short introductory section on overall pedagogical approach followed by practical strategies makes it easy to pick up and great if you want to use it in professional development. It is a book I make a point of coming back to often because it is so useful.
May 20, 2014
I'm not a teacher. This book was clearly meant for teachers. Having no teaching experience, I could relate very little to everything that was described so I focused on the theories, which made reading very boring. The theories were often vaguely explained and big parts of the chapters seemed to lack coherence. Although it was a nice view into the world of teaching, I did not enjoy reading it and just read it for the assignments I had to do. I don't think that it's bad, but it's just not for me.
February 22, 2024
I just submitted my final uni assignment after 5 1/2 years of study. I also read this entire prescribed text, because I was trying to go out with a bang. Just like my degree this book was probably really useful but I just wanted to get through it.
April 23, 2013
So many wonderful ideas, all backed up with theory and research. Good book to read when thinking about what should a high quality practice include.
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