Transformative Professional Learning: A System to Enhance Teacher and Student Motivation / Edition 1

by Margery B. Ginsberg

Overview

Motivation is foundational to learning

This book’s bold new vision for professional learning emphasizes the importance of intrinsic motivation and respect for cultural diversity. Knowing that culture and motivation are inseparable influences on learning, Margery B. Ginsberg provides practical steps for teaching and learning that are grounded in the reality of students' lives. The program’s processes include:

• Shadowing students to help sharpen teachers’ understanding of student motivation.
• Conducting home visits to better connect with students’ lives and families
• Collaborating with other teachers to design lessons
• Analyzing data in collaboration with students, families, and community members

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412981859
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/12/2011
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Learn more at margeryginsberg.com.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Transformative Professional Development in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
2. The Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching
3. Shadowing Students to Stimulate and Enrich Teacher Knowledge
4. Creating Transformative and Culturally Responsive Learning Through Home Visits
5. Creating Transformative Learning Through Collaborative Lesson Design and Reflective Group Work
6. Using Data to Improve Student Learning
Resources
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"In the book Transformative Professional Learning, Margery Ginsberg and colleagues get at the heart of student and teacher motivation. Rather than defaulting to a simple list of strategies that might more readily capture students' attention in the short term, they provide a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach. If taken seriously, this book has the potential of transforming how we teach and why we teach. "

Robert J. Marzano

"This book offers engaging designs for collaborative learning through authentic experiences and supports communities of educators as they stretch their understanding of students and instruction. "

Joellen Killion

"Given the presence of instructional expertise, Gnisberg's book is a highly user-friendly, practical guide for school professionals. The guidance can help educators successfully engage our most disaffected and disempowered students. "

The WERA Educational Journal - Kyle Kinoshita

"Margery Ginsberg pragmatically illustrates how teachers can learn from and support students' rich linguistic and ethnic diversity through inquiry and reflective practice. Educators seeking to enhance student motivation and learning will find this book an invaluable resource. "

Rito Martinez

"Ginsberg’s Transformative Professional Learning is a highly user-friendly, practical guide for school professionals. Thoughtfully used, the strategies can be a powerful factor in 'unlearning' destructive beliefs and practices which for so long have led to unconscionable outcomes. Most importantly, the guidance can help educators successfully engage our most disaffected and disempowered students. In this manner, we can make a difference with those who have been the most impacted by historical racism and injustice, and help them take their rightful place in our 21st century society. "

The WERA Education Journal

Below is the riveting review from Robert J. Dickey:

http://www.eltnews.com/columns/elt_book_reviews/2013/10/transformative_professional_learning.html

Robert J. Dickey

"Ginsberg's Transformative Professional Learning is a highly user-friendly, practical guide for school professionals. Thoughtfully used, the strategies can be a powerful factor in ′unlearning′ destructive beliefs and practices which for so long have led to unconscionable outcomes. Most importantly, the guidance can help educators successfully engage our most disaffected and disempowered students. In this manner, we can make a difference with those who have been the most impacted by historical racism and injustice, and help them take their rightful place in our 21st century society."--The WERA Education Journal

"Given the presence of instructional expertise, Gnisberg′s book is a highly user-friendly, practical guide for school professionals. The guidance can help educators successfully engage our most disaffected and disempowered students."--Kyle Kinoshita, Ed. D. "The WERA Educational Journal"

"In the book Transformative Professional Learning, Margery Ginsberg and colleagues get at the heart of student and teacher motivation. Rather than defaulting to a simple list of strategies that might more readily capture students′ attention in the short term, they provide a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach. If taken seriously, this book has the potential of transforming how we teach and why we teach."--Robert J. Marzano, CEO (1/4/2011 12:00:00 AM)

"Margery Ginsberg pragmatically illustrates how teachers can learn from and support students′ rich linguistic and ethnic diversity through inquiry and reflective practice. Educators seeking to enhance student motivation and learning will find this book an invaluable resource."--Rito Martinez, Senior Leadership Coach (1/19/2011 12:00:00 AM)

"This book offers engaging designs for collaborative learning through authentic experiences and supports communities of educators as they stretch their understanding of students and instruction."--Joellen Killion, Deputy Executive Director (2/4/2011 12:00:00 AM)

Below is the riveting review from Robert J. Dickey:

http: //www.eltnews.com/columns/elt_book_reviews/2013/10/transformative_professional_learning.html

--Robert J. Dickey, Columnist

From the Publisher

"Given the presence of instructional expertise, Gnisberg's book is a highly user-friendly, practical guide for school professionals. The guidance can help educators successfully engage our most disaffected and disempowered students. "— Kyle Kinoshita, Ed. D.

The WERA Educational Journal