The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills

By: Jon Saphier, Robert Gower

ISBN-13: 9781886822061
ISBN-10: 1886822069
Publisher: Research for Better Teaching Inc. (RBT)
Published date: January 1st 1997
This book has become a standard text in many teaching courses. Designed for both the novice and the experienced educator, The Skillful Teacher is a unique synthesis of the Knowledge Base on Teaching with powerful repertoires for matching teaching strategies to student needs. Designed as a practical guide for practitioners working to broaden their teaching skills, the book focuses on 17 critical areas of classroom performance. Numerous examples illustrate teaching approaches, and chapter-by-chapter bibliographies provide additional sources for further research. This expanded fifth edition includes new chapters on Assessment, Expectations, Classroom Climate, The Importance of Teacher Beliefs, and Conditions for Teacher Learning.