{"id":3296,"date":"2010-02-08T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T04:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2010-02-08T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T04:29:58","slug":"repost-on-great-teachers-and-the-remarkable-life-a-deliberate-practice-case-study-study-hacks-blog-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/08\/repost-on-great-teachers-and-the-remarkable-life-a-deliberate-practice-case-study-study-hacks-blog-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost:: On Great Teachers and the Remarkable Life: A Deliberate Practice Case Study \u00bbStudy Hacks \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>What Makes Great Teachers Great?<br \/>\n\u201cStrong teachers insist that effective teaching is neither mysterious nor magical,\u201d says Ripley. \u201cIt is neither a function of dynamic personality nor dramatic performance.\u201d<br \/>\nInstead, Teach for America has identified the following traits as the most important for high-performing teachers such as Taylor:<br \/>\n1. They set big goals for their students and are perpetually looking for ways to improve their effectiveness.<br \/>\n(In the Atlantic article, Teach for America\u2019s in-house professor, Steve Farr, noted that when he sets up visits with superstar teachers they often say something like: \u201cYou\u2019re welcome to come, but I have to warn you \u2014 I am in the middle of just blowing up my classroom structure\u2026because I think it\u2019s not working as well as it could.\u201d )<br \/>\n2. They\u2019re obsessed about focusing every minute of classroom time toward student learning.<br \/>\n3. They plan exhaustively and purposefully, \u201cworking backward from the desired outcome.\u201d<br \/>\n4. They work \u201crelentlessly\u201d\u2026\u201drefusing to surrender.\u201d<br \/>\n5. They keep students and their families involved in the process.<br \/>\nAn expert quoted in the article summarized the findings: \u201cAt the end of the day\u2026it\u2019s the mind-set that teachers need \u2014 a kind of relentless approach to the problem.\u201d<br \/>\nThe first four traits above should sound familiar. Setting big goals, working backwards from results to process, perpetually trying to improve, relentless focus \u2014 these sound a lot like the traits of deliberate practice.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/calnewport.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/on-great-teachers-and-the-remarkable-life-a-deliberate-practice-case-study\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StudyHacks+%28Study+Hacks%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Study Hacks \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb On Great Teachers and the Remarkable Life: A Deliberate Practice Case Study<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Makes Great Teachers Great? \u201cStrong teachers insist that effective teaching is neither mysterious nor magical,\u201d says Ripley. \u201cIt is neither a function of dynamic personality nor dramatic performance.\u201d Instead, Teach for America has identified the following traits as the most important for high-performing teachers such as Taylor: 1. 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