Beacons of Hope: Lessons we can learn from resilient teachers

ISBN-13: 9781800795402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 242 str.

Andrew Pearce

Opis

This book aims to explore, through the personal narratives of four resilient long service teachers, why this might be and it has implications for school leaders, pupil attainment, policy makers, ITE educators and of course, both pre-service and in-service teachers.

Spis treści

Contents: The author's own story - Towards a definition of 'resilience': A survey of key literature - Teacher professional identity: A paradigm for approaching resilience? - Listening to the voices: Adam's story - Listening to the voices: Jane's story - Listening to the voices: Mike's story - Listening to the voices: Steve's story - A quartet of voices: Further reflections on the stories - Learning from the stories: What lessons can we learn? - Conclusion.

O autorze

Dr Andrew Pearce has taught in a number of schools across the north of England and for much of that time was a Head of Humanities, Religious Education and PSHCE. He has been a senior lecturer at Leeds Trinity University for eleven years, and specializes in teacher professional learning. He currently teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and when not working, enjoys spending time with his family, and pursues a number of interests and hobbies including walking, film, music and military history. As a Welshman who has enjoyed living and working in Yorkshire for over thirty years he occasionally has a conflicted sense of identity, but when it comes to watching sport, his Welsh origins usually come to the fore.