Clinical Supervision and Teacher Development

by Gall, M. D.; Acheson, Keith A.

• ISBN13: 9780470386248
• ISBN10: 047038624X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

University supervisors, cooperating teachers, staff development specialists, and school administrators will improve their skills by studying this book's comprehensive coverage of teacher-centered techniques of clinical supervision. It is an authoritative resource for university courses, workshops, and personal use; and it is equally applicable to the supervision of preservice, novice, and experienced teachers. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments in classroom observation, conferencing, effective teaching methods, teachers' professional growth, and teacher evaluation. Two new chapters discuss problems of practice in clinical supervision and its relationship to other approaches to professional development.

Author Biography

M. D. Gall and Keith A. Acheson are the authors of Clinical Supervision and Teacher Development, 6th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

An Overview of Clinical Supervision

The Nature of Clinical Supervision

The Uses Of Clinical Supervision

Using Clinical Supervision to Promote Teacher Development

Using Clinical Supervision to Support Other Methods of Professional Development

Using Clinical Supervision to Promote Effective Teaching

Using Clinical Supervision in Teacher Evaluation

Problems of Practice in Clinical Supervision

Techniques for the Conferencing Phases of Clinical Supervision

Interpersonal Communication in Clinical Supervision

The Planning Conference

The Feedback Conference

Classroom Observation Techniques

Selective Verbatim Transcription

Seating Chart Observation Records

Wide-Lens Techniques

Checklists, Rating Scales, and Timeline Coding

Appendix

Effective Teaching Practices and Methods for Observing Them

Name Index

Subject Index

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