1 Adaptive teaching for student critical and creative thinking -- 2 Literature review -- 3 Classroom observation as method for research and improvement -- 4 The relationship of teacher adaptability, self-efficacy and autonomy to their adaptive practice -- 5 Teacher professional learning using the teacher adaptive practice scale -- 6 Looking forward: Next steps for teacher adaptive practice research.

This book introduces the construct of teacher adaptive practices, extending existing research on teacher adaptability into classroom practices. It identifies specific teaching practices that constitute the just-in-time adaptation during lessons that provides opportunities for students’ critical and creative thinking. 278 classroom observations of teachers resulted in a summary of teaching behaviours that constitute teacher adaptive practices. Based on these findings, the book develops a practical teacher improvement program.