TY - BOOK AU - Danielson,Charlotte TI - Talk about teaching!: leading professional conversations SN - 1483373797 AV - LB1025.3 .D36 2015 U1 - 371.102 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - Corwin, a SAGE Company KW - Teaching KW - Professional education KW - Educational leadership N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Why Professional Conversation? --; The Imperative for Improvement in Teaching --; The Nature of Teacher Learning --; Promoting Professional Learning Through Conversation --; Assumptions Underlying Professional Conversations --; Summary --; 2; Power and Leadership in Schools --; Overview --; The Reality of Power --; Reconciling Power and Leadership --; Summary --; 3; The Big Ideas that Shape Professional Conversations --; What Constitutes Important Learning? --; What Causes Learning? --; How Are Students Motivated? --; The Merging of All These Ideas --; Summary --; 4; The Topics for Conversations --; Power, Leadership, and the "Big Ideas" --; Summary --; 5; Conversation Skills --; Setting the tone for conversation --; Linguistic Skills --; Paraphrasing --; Summary --; 6; Informal Professional Conversations --; Purpose --; Settings for Professional Conversations --; Procedure --; Summary --; 7; Implementation Issues --; Finding Time for Conversation --; Communicating the Purpose --; Establishing Trust --; Forging Understanding and Consensus on the "Big Ideas" --; Elaborating the "Topics for Conversation" --; Summary --; 8; Conversation Activities for Implementation --; Establishing the Foundation --; Communicating the Purpose --; Establishing Trust --; The Big Ideas: Considering High-Level Learning --; How do People Learn? --; Worthwhile learning experiences --; Human Motivation --; Topics for Conversation --; Summary ER -