Improving the odds : developing powerful teaching practice and a culture of learning in urban high schools

Improving the odds : developing powerful teaching practice and a culture of learning in urban high schools / Thomas Del Prete ; foreword by Ann Lieberman.

"A counterpoint to the sweeping rhetoric of reform, this book offers a nuanced depiction of the challenges and possibilities at the school and class-room level. Through the experiences of urban high school teachers who partner with their local university, Del Prete provides unique insight into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Del Prete, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Teachers College Press, c2010.
Series:Series on school reform.
Subjects:
Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)
High schools > Massachusetts > Worcester > Case studies.
Educational change > Massachusetts > Worcester > Case studies.
College-school cooperation > Massachusetts > Worcester > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Framing reform
  • Constancy and change in Main South High Schools
  • The teachers, shared concepts, and collaborative learning
  • Everyone has a seat at the table: Kate Shepard's mathematics learning community
  • Adelina Zaimi's dilemma: calculating the slope of learning
  • Jody Bird and the ecology of curriculum and teaching
  • Putting inquiry into practice: Chris Rea and investigating harmonic motion
  • Chad Malone and the muse of authenticity
  • Making more from less: ways of knowing history
  • Lessons from Main South.

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