Professional Development in Relational Learning Communities - Teachers in Connection

In this book, Raider-Roth offers an innovative approach to teacher professional development that builds on the intellectual strength and practical wisdom of practitioners. Focusing on nurturing relationships between and among participants, facilitators, subject matter, texts, and the school environment, this book helps educators create a repertoire of teaching approaches founded on sustained, deep, democratic, local, and active learning. The author demonstrates that, within the context of trustworthy relationships, teachers can better connect with all that they know about teaching, learning, and their own identities. This, in turn, enables them to act on what they know in the best interest of their students and leads to the kinds of lasting change and commitment that can move the teaching profession beyond training for a particular skill set.

About the author

Miriam B. Raider-Roth is professor of educational studies and director of the Center for Studies in Jewish Education and Culture at the College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services, University of Cincinnati.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam B Raider-Roth, Miriam B. Raider-Roth
• Assisted by: Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Editor), Susan L Lytle (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780807758151
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5815-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Inquiry Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system