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Knowledge of How to Communicate Effectively with Families and Community Knowledge of How to Communicate Effectively with Families and Community: This knowledge enables teachers to find multiple access channels to communicate to families what they most want to know—that the teacher knows their child and wants the best for him or her. Beyond that is […]

Knowledge of the Behavior of Individuals in Effective Organizations Knowledge of the Behavior of Individuals in Effective Organizations: This kind of knowledge relates to effective teams, effective meetings, good communication, and problem-solving skills with other adults and the awareness of one’s role as a teacher in building a strong “Adult Professional Culture” among colleagues. Place

Knowledge of Individual Differences in Learners Knowledge of Individual Differences in Learners: Teachers must be aware of their students’ cultural, developmental, and learning charac- teristics and how to include those differences in instructional decisions. This is a vast field. Cognitive developmental differences, for example, can cause unrealistic expectations in mathematics of primary students who are

Knowledge of the Academic Discipline Knowledge of the Academic Discipline: Teachers must, of course, have knowledge of their academic discipline and of the standards in the discipline that their state has adopted. Most states have raised standards for teachers’ content knowledge and require a college major for secondary teachers in the T H E S

Knowledge of Content Analysis Knowledge of Content Analysis: Another level of content-based exper- tise is knowing how to break the content into concepts and sub-concepts, skills, and sub-skills. This is quite different from knowing the content itself. It means that the teacher understands how the concepts and skills are con- nected to one another and

Knowledge of Content-Specific Pedagogy Knowledge of Content-Specific Pedagogy: There is a large set of tools for teaching that are specific to each content area. Lee Shulman (1986) described these as pedagogical content knowledge. Content-specific pedagogical knowledge includes knowing what analogies, examples, and visual representations best capture key ideas of the academic discipline; what experiments, equipment,

Knowledge of Generic Pedagogy Knowledge of Generic Pedagogy: The Skillful Teacher tackles the vast and complex field of generic pedagogical knowledge. Without solid Figure 1.1 Seven Knowledge Bases for High-Expertise Teaching The Skillful Teacher provides a detailed roadmap for anyone seeking to master generic pedagogy. STUDENT LEARNING/ STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Generic Pedagogy The Skillful Teacher Content-Specific

SKILLFUL TEACHING | THE MISSING ELEMENT IN SCHOOL REFORM had to acquire their expertise over many years and usually alone through their own initiative and perseverance. But there are simply not enough of them. The stark fact is that there are larger numbers of underprepared teach- ers. And blaming them for skills they don’t have

THE WORK WE STILL NEED TO DO Several days each week, we are in classrooms in one of our major cities—New York, Memphis, Washington D.C., San Diego, and others—providing coaching and support to teachers and principals. What we see sometimes exhilarates us and, at other times, breaks our hearts. The best classrooms are uplifting places

SKILLFUL TEACHING | THE MISSING ELEMENT IN SCHOOL REFORM p The Common Core curriculum standards brought a spotlight onto critical thinking, deep understanding, and students’ capacity to articulate their thinking and support their positions with evidence. This focus has, un- fortunately, been sidetracked by erroneous assumptions that the standards are a national curriculum. Common Core