Development here follows Gagné-like honesty: aptitudes, practice and catalysts. Teaching talent is not a finished essence.
Windows differ by domain. A closed sport window is not a closed writing window. Read the clocks.
Stages
- Name the stuck point
One sentence.
Diagnosis.
- Change the representation
A new material or diagram.
Montessori/Dewey.
- Teach in the zone
A hint ladder.
Vygotsky.
- Pose a problem, do not bank
A question they own.
Freire.
- Check for change
A two-item exit.
Honesty.
- Study the lesson with a peer
Collective craft.
授業研究.
Levers
- Representation bank — More than one picture.
- Diagnostic questions — The scarce skill.
- Colleague eyes — Lesson study.
- Time — Escalante’s unromantic lever.
- Status and training — Finland’s lever.
Windows
- Childhood explaining — Optional cue.
- First classroom years — Where the job is actually learned.
- Mid-career method shift — Freire/Montessori conversions.
- Late entrants — Low early window.
Supports
- Research-based teacher education — Finland-type bets.
- Lesson study — Japan.
- Prepared-environment training — Montessori institutes.
- Adult-literacy programmes — Freire’s home ground.
Teaching talent: catalysts and windows do the daily work. Destiny talk is the failure mode.