Teacher professional development for improving quality of teaching /

Teacher professional development for improving quality of teaching /

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Author / Creator:Creemers, Bert P. M.
Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Subject:
Teachers -- Training of.
Teachers -- In-service training.
Teachers -- In-service training.
Teachers -- Training of.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9848769
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Other authors / contributors:Kyriakidēs, Leōnidas.
Antoniou, Panayiotis.
ISBN:9789400752078 (electronic bk.)
9400752075 (electronic bk.)
9789400752061
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development. The first part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher training and professional development and illustrates the limitations of the main approaches to teacher development such as the competence-based and the holistic approach. A dynamic perspective to policy and practice in teacher training and professional development is advocated. The second part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The main phases of this field of research are analysed. It is pointed out that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another. An integrated approach in defining quality of teaching is adopted. The importance of taking into account findings of studies investigating differential teacher effectiveness is argued. Another significant limitation of this field of research is that the whole process of searching for teacher effectiveness factors was not able to have a significant impact upon teacher training and professional development. For this reason it is advocated that teacher training and professional development should be focused on how to address grouping of specific teacher factors associated with student learning and on how to help teachers improve their teaching skills by moving from using skills associated with direct teaching only to more advanced skills concerned with new teaching approaches and differentiation of teaching. The book refers to studies conducted in different countries illustrating how the proposed approach can be used by policy and practice in teacher education. Specifically, the book provides evidence supporting the validity of the theoretical framework upon which this approach is based. Moreover, experimental and longitudinal studies supporting the use of this approach for improvement purposes are presented and suggestions for further research utilising and expanding the Dynamic Approach for teacher training and professional development are provided.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. General principles of mitochondria and the heart
  • Introduction to Mitochondria in the Heart
  • Methods to Study Mitochondrial Structure and Function
  • Mitochondrial Structure, Composition, and Dynamics
  • Mitochondrial Biogenesis
  • Mechanisms of Bioenergy Production in Mitochondria
  • Bioenergetics Interplay Between Cardiac Mitochondria and Other Subcellular Compartments
  • Part 2. Heart mitochondria signal transduction. Stem cells
  • Endothelial Mitochondria: Contribution to Cardiovascular Function and Disease
  • Heart Mitochondria: Receivers and Transmitters of Signals
  • Stem Cells and Mitochondria
  • Part 3. Stress and cell death
  • Heart Mitochondrial ROS and Oxidative Stress
  • Cell-Death Pathways and Mitochondria
  • Part 4. Mitochondria in Pediatric Cardiology
  • Mitochondria in Pediatric Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Part 5. The aging heart and mitochondria
  • Mitochondria in the Aging Heart
  • Part 6. Mitochondria in Atherosclerosis, hypertension and ischemia
  • The Role of Mitochondria in Atherosclerosis
  • The Role of Mitochondria in Hypertension
  • Role of Mitochondria in Ischemia and Cardioprotection
  • Part 7. Mitochondria in Heart Failure and Dysrhythmias
  • Mitochondrial Dynamics in Health and Disease
  • Mitochondria Play an Essential Role in Heart Failure
  • Mitochondria and Cardiac Dysrhythmias
  • Part 8. Mitochondria in heart metabolism
  • Diabetes and Cardiac Mitochondria
  • The Role of Mitochondria in the Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance
  • Thyroid Hormone and Myocardial Mitochondria
  • Part 9. Mitochondrial Therapy
  • Targeting the Mitochondria in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Part 10. Looking to the future of mitochondria and the heart
  • Current Progress and Future Perspectives: Toward Mitochondrial Medicine.

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