Tell Me So I Can Hear You: A Developmental Approach to Feedback for Educators

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In Tell Me So I Can Hear You, Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano show how education leaders can learn to deliver feedback in a way that strengthens relationships as well as performance and builds the capacity for growth. Drawing on constructive-developmental theory, the authors describe four stages of adult growth and development and explain how to differentiate feedback for colleagues with different &“ways of knowing,&” which include: • Instrumental knowers, who tend to see things in black and white (&“Did I do it right or wrong?&”) and may need to develop the capacity for reflection. • Socializing knowers, who are concerned with maintaining relationships (&“What do you want me to do?&”) and may need support developing their own ideas. • Self-authoring knowers, who have strong ideologies and values (&“How does this fit with my goals and vision?&”) and may need help with perspective taking. • Self-transformative knowers, who are able to examine issues from multiple points of view (&“How can I understand this more deeply?&”) and may need guidance in resolving tensions and contradictions. The authors show how leaders can provide feedback in ways that &“meet people where they are&” while expanding the developmental capacities educators bring to their work. Drago-Severson and Blum-DeStefano provide real-life examples with practical strategies for creating a safe space for feedback, finding the right words, and bridging feedback and action. Tell Me So I Can Hear You offers invaluable guidance to help educators support a culture of learning in classrooms, schools, and districts.
Copyright:
2016

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ISBN-13:
9781612508832
Related ISBNs:
9781612508818
Publisher:
Harvard Education Press
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the President and Fellows of Harvard College
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology, Education
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Bookshare Staff
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