Inside Teaching by Mary M Kennedy
Reform the schools, improve teaching: these battle cries of American education have been echoing for twenty years. So why does teaching change so little? Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, Mary Kennedy takes us into the controlled commotion of the classroom, revealing how painstakingly teachers plan their lessons, and how many different ways things go away. Teachers try simultaneously to keep track of materials, time, students, and ideas. In their effort to hold all of these things together, they can inadvertently quash students' enthusiasm and miss valuable teachable moments. Kennedy argues that pedagogical reform proposals that do not acknowledge all of the things teachers need to do are bound to fail. If reformers want students to learn, they must address all of the problems teachers face, not just those that interest them.
This book will be a major contribution to our understanding of teaching, and what teachers' work lives are likeIts clear and level-headed description of how teachers conceive of their jobs, and do them, could and should be read by anyone interested in the problems and practice of teaching, and especially those who are working for education reform. - Richard Elmore, Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership, Harvard University
Mary Kennedy, one of Ireland's most popular broadcasters, has worked for RTE for more than three decades, including hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995. She is the co-host of Nationwide and the best-selling author of Lines I Love, Paper Tigers, and Lines for Life. She is a mother of four and resides in Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674017238 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674017234 |
| Title | Inside Teaching |
| Author | Mary M Kennedy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2005-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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