Description
Product ID: | 9781412981774 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | High-Impact Instruction |
Subtitle: | A Framework for Great Teaching |
Authors: | Author: Jim Knight |
Page Count: | 392 |
Subjects: | Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques |
Description: | A dynamic guide to improving student achievement through high impact teaching practices and school improvement Small changes can lead to big results! The key to improving student achievement isn′t more teacher time—it′s more teacher impact. But how do you decide which instructional practices will deliver the most bang for your buck? In this handbook, written for teachers but suitable for use by principals and instructional coaches, best-selling author Jim Knight presents the high-leverage strategies that make the biggest difference in student learning. This is no one-size-fits-all to-do list for the classroom—it′s a simple and flexible framework you can customize to fit your working style and students′ needs. Grounded in more than a decade of work with instructional coaches, this revolutionary book focuses on the three areas of high-impact instruction:
This accessible road map for professional learning empowers and supports you in making changes to your practice with practical tools, including:
When it comes to teaching, little changes can make a big difference. With High-Impact Instruction, you have a rich toolkit for improving your own practice and promoting great teaching every day in every class. "Jim Knight has the capacity to be crystal clear at both the micro and the macro levels—a rare talent. High-Impact Instruction goes deep and it goes comprehensive. Planning, instruction, and community building become interwoven in a powerful manifesto for fundamental instructional and system change." "Jim Knight′s High-Impact Instruction honors teachers as intelligent, complex, and dedicated people. While many have attempted to identify the attributes of effective instruction, Knight′s work singularly acknowledges the basic human need to be our best selves." |
Imprint Name: | Corwin Press Inc |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-01-24 |