Teaching and Learning in the (dis)Comfort Zone A Guide for New Teachers and Literacy Coaches
by Jensen, Deborah Ann; Eldridge, Deborah B.; Hu, Yang; Tuten, Jennifer A.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-12-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
A tension exists when novice teachers begin to put their conceptual and theoretical understandings and pedagogical perspectives into practice. Trying to balance the complexities of teaching literacy while adapting to the challenges of the multidimensional demands of teaching and learning, they find themselves at the edge of their comfort zones. This book is about the processes of teacher development from novices to experts, about mentoring teaching in reading and writing instruction, and about ways to maximize the learning potential of both teachers and their students.
Author Biography
Deborah Eldridge is Dean of the School of Education at Lehman College.
Deborah Ann Jensen is Associate Professor of Learning and Literacy at Hunter College.
Yang Hu is Associate Professor of Education at Hunter College.
Jennifer Tuten is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Notes on Contributors | p. xv |
| Where Is Your (dis)Comfort Zone? | p. 1 |
| Teaching and Tensions | |
| Choosing Words | p. 17 |
| Cultivating a Reflective Stance | p. 33 |
| Observing the Lesson | p. 51 |
| Acting into New Ways of Thinking | p. 69 |
| Tensions of Literacy Teaching | |
| Understanding and Moving beyond Labels | p. 83 |
| Teaching Effectively Means Learning from Our Students | p. 103 |
| Learning from Parents and Families | p. 123 |
| Teaching under the Accountability Umbrella | p. 147 |
| Pulling It All Together beyond the (dis)Comfort Zone | p. 165 |
| Index | p. 181 |
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