Professional Learning, Critical Practice : A Model For - Teacher Education

by Heilbronn, Ruth; Yandell, John

• ISBN13: 9780854738595
• ISBN10: 0854738592
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

This book's unique collection of case studies and discussions addresses current practical concerns in teacher education, relevant to practitioners, tutors, student teachers, school-based tutors and policy-makers. It offers a detailed discussion of questions such as: * How do people become teachers? * What kinds of learning are entailed in this process? * Where and how does such learning happen? * What resources are called into play? In addressing these questions, the book examines the nature of the knowledge and understanding required by practitioners in a high-skilled vocational practice, and the kind of assessments that meet that specific context. It will be particularly helpful in supporting student teachers in developing and articulating critical reflection of their practice, while simultaneously preparing them to gain national accreditation as teachers as well as Master's Level credits.

Table of Contents

Preface
Notes on contributors
Professional learning, critical practice
The nature of practice-based knowledge and understanding	p. 2
Sites of learning	p. 15
The reflective practitioner	p. 29
Modes of professional learning
From reading into writing: Discovering a personal philosophy	p. 40
Tasks, audiences and purposes: Writing and the development of teacher identities within pre-service teacher education	p. 58
'A bit of an eye-opener': Critical reflection at Master's level through portfolio construction	p. 74
Case studies of professional learning and assessment
Foreign language education: Preparing for diversity	p. 90
Playing a part: The case of theatre in education in the professional education of English with Drama teachers	p. 102
Learning to teach Geography	p. 114
Music, musicians and learning modes	p. 125
Performativity versus engagement in a Social Science PGCE	p. 138
The principled practitioner: A model of knowledge acquisition	p. 154
References	p. 167
Index	p. 184
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