Professional Practice

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The writer of this articles points out that in the work, "Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching", Danielson provides a comprehensive framework for teaching based on the PRAXIS III. The writer notes that this work, while designed primarily for novice teachers, focuses on providing a structural framework for instruction and communication and professional development that can be easily integrated at all levels of instruction. Further, the writer discusses that the framework presented by Danielson uses empirical studies and previously conducted research in teaching to help present a framework for uncovering what responsibilities teachers have to promote student learning. The writer concludes that Danielson's work is not simply based on opinion, but rather empirical and scientific evidence that has been collected over generations.

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"Danielson presents teachers' responsibilities as those that teachers must exercise within the scope of their profession, dividing teaching into 22 various components in four main categories. The main domains of teaching responsibility defined by Danielson include planning and preparation, instruction or teaching, classroom environment and teachers professional obligations. While each of these categories of responsibility remains distinct they also interrelate to one another. Every activity a teacher engages in, according to Danielson, affects some other activity. For example, instruction methods are affected by the classroom environment. A teacher's professional responsibilities are affected by instruction."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Danielson, C. (1996). "Enhancing professional practice: A framework for teaching." Association for Supervision and Curriculum. Available: http://www.umatilla.k12.or.us/NCLB/Char_Danielson.htm

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