A Learning Community of Reflective Teachers

ISBN-13: 9781032495101 / Twarda / 2024 / 224 str.

Opis

Teachers possess a wealth of untapped wisdom and valuable experience. Whether it’s in matter of educational policy, curriculum development or textbook selection, teachers carry a trove of information and insights to share.

Spis treści

Section One 1. Teacher Development  2. Teachers as Change Agents Section Two: A Learning Community That Strives to Effect A Change 3. Re-designing the learning environment in kindergarten through reflection, collaboration, and teacher ownership 4. Turning second graders into autonomous learners - A teacher’s action research 5. Aligning Teacher Development and Agency with School Vision: An Action Research Study 6. Developing Critical Thinking in Children from Marginalised Communities through Picture Books 7. Breaking Teacher Silos and Enabling Cross Pollination 8. A Storyteller’s Journey into The Teacher’s Mind and Heart 9. Turning passive middle schoolers into self-driven learners through Action Research 10. Building an Ecosystem of Empathy between Students and Support Staff in School Section Three: A New Model of Teacher Development 11. A Pandemic of Pedagogical Transformation

O autorze

Neeraja Raghavan is a teacher educator and Founder-Director of Thinking Teacher, based in Bangalore, India. She is the author of several books, including Teaching Tales Learning Trails (Co-authored with Vineeta Sood and Kamala Anilkumar, Notion Press 2018), The Reflective Teacher (Contributing Editor Vineeta Sood, Orient Blackswan, 2015) and The Reflective Learner (Notion Press 2019). She enjoys music, philosophy, poetry, sketching, writing and embroidery.