Linking Practice and Theory: The Pedagogy of Realistic Teacher Education

by Korthagen, Fred A.J.; Kessels, Jos; Koster, Bob; Lagerwerf, Bram

• ISBN13: 9780805837407
• ISBN10: 080583740X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Although the idea of the reflective practitioner is embraced by many, there is still a need to understand how teachers' practical experience and the theoretical insights of researchers can be linked in teacher education. This book offers a framework for addressing this problem. It brings together 15 years of experience in teacher education and research, based on Korthagen's concept of "realistic teacher education" which is well known in Europe and gaining interest in North America. Set up as a journey back and forth between practice and theory, this book is not only about linking them but models how it can be done, providing both practical solutions and research-based theoretical foundations. Linking Practice and Theory: The Pedagogy of Realistic Teacher Education: * serves as a guidebook for teacher educators, with many practical ideas and guidelines; * prepares the reader for a fundamental shift in thinking about teacher education; and * uses an international perspective in analyzing real, practical experience in teacher education, in the Netherlands and in other countries.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Credits	xv
Teacher Education: A Problematic Enterprise	1	(19)
Fred Korthagen
The Relation Between Theory and Practice: Back to the Classics	20	(12)
Jos Kessels
Fred Korthagen
Learning From Practice	32	(19)
Fred Korthagen
Theo Wubbels
A Reflection on Reflection	51	(18)
Fred Korthagen
Building a Realistic Teacher Education Program	69	(19)
Fred Korthagen
Evaluative Research on the Realistic Approach and on the Promotion of Reflection	88	(20)
Fred Korthagen
Theo Wubbels
Helping Individual Student Teachers Become Reflective: The Supervisory Process	108	(23)
Fred Korthagen
Characteristics of Reflective Teachers	131	(18)
Fred Korthagen
Theo Wubbels
Working With Groups of Student Teachers	149	(26)
Fred Korthagen
Teachers' Professional Learning: How Does It Work?	175	(32)
Fred Korthagen
Bram Lagerwerf
Specific Instruments and Techniques for Promoting Reflection	207	(24)
Fred Korthagen
A Broader View of Reflection	231	(8)
Fred Korthagen
Training Teacher Educators for the Realistic Approach	239	(15)
Bob Koster
Fred Korthagen
The Realistic Approach: Its Tenets, Philosophical Background, and Future	254	(21)
Fred Korthagen
Notes	275	(7)
References	282	(21)
Author Index	303	(6)
Subject Index	309