Self-study in teacher education is a growing field and a natural progression from the concept of reflective practice for pre-service teachers. This book is designed to introduce teacher educators to the theory and practice of self-study, in order to explore, understand and improve their teaching about teaching.
Self-study in teacher education is a growing field and a natural progression from the concept of reflective practice for pre-service teachers. This bo...
Leadership and Professional Development in Science Education provides invaluable insight into the role of science teachers as learners and thinkers of change processes. The fourteen chapters, by an eminent international team of science educators, explain and explore the relationship between professional development, teacher leadership and teacher learning. Research-based practical and theoretical exemplars reflect state of the art science teacher leadership in a broad range of international contexts. The book is divided into three parts, reflecting a multi-layered approach to teacher...
Leadership and Professional Development in Science Education provides invaluable insight into the role of science teachers as learners and thinkers of...
A pedagogy of teacher education must go well beyond the simple delivery of information about teaching. This book describes and explores the complex nature of teaching and of learning about teaching, illustrating how important teacher educators' professional knowledge is and how that knowledge must influence teacher training practices. The book is divided into two sections. The first considers the crucial distinction between teaching student-teachers and teaching them about teaching, allowing practice to push beyond the technical-rational, or tips-and-tricks approach, to...
A pedagogy of teacher education must go well beyond the simple delivery of information about teaching. This book describes and explores the complex...
A pedagogy of teacher education must go well beyond the simple delivery of information about teaching. This book describes and explores the complex nature of teaching and of learning about teaching, illustrating how important teacher educators' professional knowledge is and how that knowledge must influence teacher training practices. The book is divided into two sections. The first considers the crucial distinction between teaching student-teachers and teaching them about teaching, allowing practice to push beyond the technical-rational, or tips-and-tricks approach, to...
A pedagogy of teacher education must go well beyond the simple delivery of information about teaching. This book describes and explores the complex...
Focuses on how individuals enact pedagogy in the context of teacher education. This book examines enacting educational and pedagogical values in personal practice and developing the interpersonal relationships that are so useful to quality teaching and learning. It helps an individual to understand the process of teaching and learning.
Focuses on how individuals enact pedagogy in the context of teacher education. This book examines enacting educational and pedagogical values in perso...
Building on John Loughran's latest work Developing a Pedagogy of Teacher Education, this book focuses on how individuals enact pedagogy in the context of teacher education. With teacher educators actually teaching while showing student-teachers how to teach, the quality of teacher education improves.
Bringing together contributions from internationally known teacher educators, a school administrator who supports teachers' professional learning, someone studying to become a teacher educator and someone studying to become a teacher, the book examines enacting educational and...
Building on John Loughran's latest work Developing a Pedagogy of Teacher Education, this book focuses on how individuals enact pedagogy in...
This account tracks the return to teaching of John Loughran, a teacher educator and educational researcher. After years of educating student teachers, he went back into the classroom for a year to practice what he himself had been teaching, but was often met with difficult pupil behaviour and unforeseen problems.
Split into three sections, this book covers:
* a teacher s perspective on teaching * the students perspective on teaching and learning * learning from experience the implications for teaching and learning.
Using Loughran s...
This account tracks the return to teaching of John Loughran, a teacher educator and educational researcher. After years of educating student teache...
Considers teacher education as an important aspects of the teaching profession and demonstrates why it is so important for higher education institutions to value their teacher educators' professional knowledge. The book demonstrates how teaching about teaching knowledge (pedagogy) is vital to the development of quality in teacher education and how this knowledge needs to be articulated and communicated throughout the teaching profession, both in schools and universities.
Considers teacher education as an important aspects of the teaching profession and demonstrates why it is so important for higher education institutio...
This text is aimed at anyone who recognizes that teachers, their teaching practice, knowledge and skill should be a focal point of research efforts. The essays in this volume are internationally authored and a range of research methodologies is represented and explained. The book articulates the special professional skills and knowledge that teachers have and need, and aims to inspire teachers and researchers in pursuing a more complete understanding of the art of teaching.
This text is aimed at anyone who recognizes that teachers, their teaching practice, knowledge and skill should be a focal point of research efforts. T...
This text is aimed at anyone who recognizes that teachers, their teaching practice, knowledge and skill should be a focal point of research efforts. The essays in this volume are internationally authored and a range of research methodologies is represented and explained. The book articulates the special professional skills and knowledge that teachers have and need, and aims to inspire teachers and researchers in pursuing a more complete understanding of the art of teaching.
This text is aimed at anyone who recognizes that teachers, their teaching practice, knowledge and skill should be a focal point of research efforts. T...
