Beginning Teacher Learning: Assessing Effective Induction

ISBN-13: 9783639161762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 292 str.

Frances Langdon

Opis

Beginning Teacher Learning and InductionEffective induction has the potential to positivelyinfluence teacher practice. To date, beginningteacher induction has generally been investigated ina fragmented fashion. This book aims to bridge thatresearch gap by reporting on a holistic investigationinto the lived experiences of beginning teachers,through case study analysis of seven effectiveinduction programmes. Questions central to theinquiry were: what were the programmes and practicesthat supported the professional development andlearning of the beginning teacher? To what extent didthese structures, programmes and practices givemeaning to teachers practice? How did these meaningsinform a particular construct of the beginningteacher? And finally, what were the tensions,accommodations and implications for beginning teacherlearning and induction? This multi site collective case study provides aworking theory of effective induction, which will beof interest to academics, policy makers, students,school leaders and teachers.

O autorze

Frances Langdon, PhD: Field of research: teacher learning and
professional development beginning teacher induction and
mentoring. Principal investigator: Beginning teacher induction
and mentoring project. Head of School, Teaching Learning and
Development, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, New
Zealand.