{"product_id":"teaching-in-context-esther-quintero-9781682530375","title":"Teaching in Context: The Social Side of Education Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching in Context\u003c\/i\u003e provides new evidence from a range of leading scholars showing that teachers become more effective when they work in organizations that support them in comprehensive and coordinated ways.\u003c\/b\u003e The studies featured in the book suggest an alternative approach to enhancing teacher quality: creating conditions and school structures that facilitate the transmission and sharing of knowledge among teachers, allowing teachers to work together effectively, and capitalizing on what we know about how educators learn and improve. The studies also show how social dynamics influence the speed, depth, and success with which any new idea is implemented, and how policies enacted without adequate consideration of their impact on the social fabric of schools can produce unintended negative consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolicies aimed at improving teaching should focus on strengthening the organization as a whole so that \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e teachers are likely to improve. The chapters in this book point to the need to reevaluate current policies for assessing and ensuring teacher effectiveness, and establish the foundation for a more thoughtful, research-informed approach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Quintero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168253037X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682530375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Esther Quintero","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074743300351,"sku":"9781682530375","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffe09955-1e4f-4629-95f4-2cc15ef05f66.jpg?v=1685455518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-in-context-esther-quintero-9781682530375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}