Self-Study for Teacher Educators: Crafting a Pedagogy for Educational Change

by Samaras, Anastasia P.

• ISBN13: 9780820452999
• ISBN10: 0820452998
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Summary

Self-Study for Teacher Educators: Crafting a Pedagogy for Educational Change brings the topic of self-study to the teacher education classroom. Anastasia P. Samaras frames her own self-study with Vygotskian theory. Her stories of her life as the daughter of immigrants raise important issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. She applies the insights of her self-study to her own pedagogy; the result is a cuttingedge pedagogy for the preparation of teachers. Samaras' model offers mentoring structures for teaching preservice teachers and a curriculum that prepares them for the realities of the classrooms they will enter. This book provides concrete suggestions for redefining the mentor, especially in the current context of the high attrition rate among new teachers.

Author Biography

Anastasia P. Samaras is Associate Professor of Education and Director of Teacher Education at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (1896-1934)	xxi
Part I. Introduction
Beyond Traditional Practices	3	(18)
A Platform for Change	21	(20)
Part II. Synergy: Who I Am and How I Teach
Knowing Students	41	(16)
Situating Learning	57	(22)
Structuring Social Medication	79	(16)
Learning Zones	95	(16)
Part III. Case Studies Using a Vygotskian Approach
Redefining the Mentor	111	(16)
Vygotsky for Teachers Outside the Given Realm	127	(20)
Implications: So What?	147	(6)
Appendix	153	(10)
Bibliography	163