Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills » (6th Edition)

Of all the things that are essential to high performing schools, nothing is more important than the teacher and what that person knows, believes and can do. A teacher s skill makes a difference in student performance, not only in achievement scores, but also in students sense of fulfillment in school and their feelings of well-being.

Twenty chapters capture a blend of research and practitioner-developed approaches for using the research in the classroom. Each chapter lays out a known repertoire of strategies to help teachers fulfill a particular kind of mission from the spiritual imperative of communicating high expectations to the abstract challenge of planning lessons.

Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools in New England - Steve Clem

I have been recommending The Skillful Teacher, by Jon Saphier and Robert Gower, to administrators and teachers for years because I believe it to be the single best resource available for all teachers, from beginners to experienced pros. The new edition from Research for Better Teaching has made a great resource virtually indispensable. Reading this book you feel yourself in the presence of true master teachers; it often feels like an extended and challenging conversation with those mentors we all wish we had. Grouping their topics under the four categories of management, instruction, motivation, and curriculum, Saphier and Gower cover every aspect of teaching, offering intelligent analyses of the available research, specific suggestions for moving theory into practice and illuminating case studies drawn from the countless hours they have spent in classrooms at all levels.

Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Attention
Chapter 3 - Momentum
Chapter 4 - Space
Chapter 5 - Time
Chapter 6 - Routines
Chapter 7 - Discipline
Chapter 8 - Clarity
Chapter 9 - Principles of Learning
Chapter 10 - Models of Teaching
Chapter 11 - Expectations
Chapter 12 - Personal Relationship Building
Chapter 13 - Classroom Climate
Chapter 14 - Objectives
Chapter 15 - Learning Experiences
Chapter 16 - Assessment
Chapter 17 - Curriculum Design
Chapter 18 - Overarching Objectives
Chapter 19 - Opening Wide the Gates
Chapter 20 - Teacher Beliefs