Creating Communities of Practice

Autor/in	Danielson, Charlotte
Titel	Creating Communities of Practice
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 73 (2016) 8, S.18-23 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Reflection; Teaching Methods; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Teacher Improvement; Teacher Leadership; Teacher Evaluation; Reputation; Principals; Instructional Leadership; Professional Identity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Principal; Schulleiter; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung
Abstract	Today's teachers and administrators are caught in a squeeze of conflicting demands. And evaluation guru Charlotte Danielson fears that teacher evaluation, as it's often implemented today, is making things worse. In schools where teacher evaluation has become simply a matter of numbers, ratings, and rankings, it may be undermining the very professionalism that's essential to positive learning environments for students. Danielson cautions that evaluation must include self-assessment, reflection on practice, and professional conversation. But even evaluation systems that include these components, she writes, should not be used as a school's main engine of teacher improvement. Instead, school principals should establish the school as a community of practice--a place of learning for adults as well as students--by (1) creating a safe, yet challenging environment, (2) establishing the expectation that colleagues will continually learn from one another, and (3) supporting teacher leadership. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01