Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching is, according to ASCD, “a benchmark for thousands of school systems and educators around the world.” Popularized in her 1996 book, Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching (1996, 2007).The Framework for Teaching is “a research-based set of components of instruction…grounded in a constructivist view of learning and teaching” in which the act of teaching is broken down into 22 components. Danielson identifies several purposes for the Framework, emphasizing its value in promoting professional conversations among teachers. Most commonly, however, it appears to this educator that her construct is being used as a foundation for teacher evaluation. While no doubt a powerful structure for analyzing and assessing the main facets of what teachers do, the Framework does not quite get to the core of … Read entire article »