The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning
The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning is a challenge paper from Carnegie Corporation of New York that explores how professional learning anchored in high-quality curriculum materials allows teachers to experience the instruction their students will receive and change their instructional practices, leading to better student outcomes.
The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning is a challenge paper from Carnegie Corporation of New York that explores how professional learning anchored in high-quality curriculum materials allows teachers to experience the instruction their students will receive and change their instructional practices, leading to better student outcomes.
The resources offer valuable insights into curriculum-based professional learning and its impact on teaching effectiveness. Adult educators may find the reflection questions and prompts to be the most useful. The questions and prompts are intended to stimulate critical thinking and self-assessment among adult educators. They illustrate reflective teaching and identify areas for professional growth or improvement.
There are a variety of useful features, including
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“The Elements of Curriculum-Based Professional Learning” chart that is modeled off the periodic table; a summary table of the six fundamental shifts from traditional teacher professional development to curriculum-based professional learning;
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“The Concerns-Based Adoption Model” that provides a framework and tools for understanding change and the change management process proposing appropriate supports for individuals;
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“Recommendations for Teachers,” providing guidance on practices associated with different combinations of elements.
The paper provides a framework of elements for professional learning that is curriculum-focused and offers relevant examples of implementation. Therefore, it not only acknowledges the need for change, but provides explanations of guiding elements and options for employing them through practice.
The combination of theoretical frameworks, practical examples, research-based recommendations, and reflective tools makes these resources valuable assets for adult educators striving to enhance their teaching effectiveness and promote positive student outcomes.
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