Description

Reflective Teaching for All: A Responsive Recipe to Chip Away at the Achievement Gap centers on the practical application of explicit instruction to support learners who struggle with acquiring academic skills. The focus is to use structured, reflective teaching practices to design and implement academic interventions for students in general education, co-taught, or self-contained classes. The text highlights the gap in student achievement, stressing the importance of explicit instruction and its systematic approach, enabling teachers to convey lesson content coherently, consistently, and concisely.

The book details a defined methodology called Reflective Teaching for All (RTA), a process facilitating academic interventions through clear instructional paths. It helps instructors unpack content, collect data to track student progress, identify critical concepts, develop lessons utilizing explicit instructions, and evaluate the intervention's effectiveness. Real-life case studies exemplify the approach, bolstered by a set of resources and templates aimed at pre-service and in-service teacher education.

Recommended for university faculty and classroom teachers, Reflective Teaching for All is valuable for courses focusing on explicit instruction methods, teaching strategies, intervention development, and academic support for learners facing challenges in skill acquisition.