Teachers & Teacher Education

The fusion of lesson and learning study changes the nature of professional development and provides teachers with a voice in educational research. This book deepens our understanding of lesson and learning study in teacher professional development...

This book maps out a new paradigm of teacher education an, by implication, professional education generally. The book opens with two alternative theories of teacher education and training and explains the concepts and assumptions on which they rest including beliefs about the nature and role of educ..

This book outlines recent changes in teacher education and professional development and, by drawing on recent research findings, explores the positive and negative impacts on the nature of teaching and the shape of the profession...

The goal of this text is to help teachers explore and define their own positions with regard to key topics and issues related to the aims of education in a democratic society. It explains how reflection is integral to teachers’ work and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching diffe..

The goal of this text is to help teachers explore and define their own positions with regard to key topics and issues related to the aims of education in a democratic society. It explains how reflection is integral to teachers’ work and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching diffe..

This is a companion volume to the editors’ Insights into Teachers’ Thinking and Practice (Falmer Press, 1999) and seeks to carry the discussion on further illustrating that there is a continuing intensity of thought, activity and debate on how to conceptualise research on teacher thinking, and thus ..

This is a companion volume to the editors’ Insights into Teachers’ Thinking and Practice (Falmer Press, 1999) and seeks to carry the discussion on further illustrating that there is a continuing intensity of thought, activity and debate on how to conceptualise research on teacher thinking, and thus ..

Presenting a practical approach to becoming more methodical and systematic in professional development, this book provides a basis for turning professional development into practitioner research._x000D_..

Whilst much has been written over the years about teacher stress and burnout, there is very little research which reports on the resilient quality which is central for teachers’ to sustain their commitment and effectiveness in contexts of challenge and change. This book focuses upon the teachers who..

Whilst much has been written over the years about teacher stress and burnout, there is very little research which reports on the resilient quality which is central for teachers’ to sustain their commitment and effectiveness in contexts of challenge and change. This book focuses upon the teachers who..

The focus of this book is the centrality of clinical experiences in preparing teachers to work with students from diverse cultural, economic, and experiential backgrounds in ways that result in a positive impact on learning for traditionally underserved students...

In recent years there has been a new mood in teacher education. The emphasis is on professional studies, on encouraging trainee teachers to think intelligently about how to tackle problems of the classroom.This book surveys the developments which are taking it further in both Britain and North Ameri..