Polly Penhalligan is recently married and happy in her house in Cornwall. At least she was until her friend Pippa makes her realise that her new lazy lifestyle could be having a bad effect on her. So Polly allows her home to be used for a commercial. But even before the cameras are set up Polly's life and marriage are turned upside down.

Going Too Far

Literature & Fiction

Loughran, John

Literary

Michael, Joseph

Somalia in word and image

Arts & Photography

Johnson, John

Loughran, Katheryne S.

History & Criticism

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.With studies from an international range of contributors, this book illustrates a variety of approaches to self-study. It describes the issues that teacher educators have chosen to study, how they carried out their research and what the learning outcomes were. Throughout, the emphasis is on placing teacher educators' knowledge and practice at the centre of their academic work.This book will be of interest to all teacher educators wishing to improve their knowledge and practice.

Improving Teacher Education Practice Through Self-study

Business & Money

Russell, Tom

Job Hunting & Careers

Routledge

Improving Teacher Education Practices through Self-study

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Developing a Pedagogy of Teacher Education: Understanding Teaching & Learning about Teaching

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 teaching about teaching in a way that brings in the appropriate attitudes, knowledge and skills of teaching itself. Section two highlights the dual nature of student teachers’ learning, arguing that they need to concentrate not only on learning what is being taught but also on the way in which that teaching is conducted.

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 teaching about teaching in a way that brings in the appropriate attitudes, knowledge and skills of teaching itself. Section two highlights the dual nature of student teachers’ learning, arguing that they need to concentrate not only on learning what is being taught but also on the way in which that teaching is conducted.

What Expert Teachers Do

How do expert teachers do it? How do they enhance student learning? How do they manage the dilemmas and tensions inherent in working with 25 different students in every lesson? Internationally respected teacher educator John Loughran argues that teachers’ knowledge of what they do is largely tacit and often misunderstood. In this book, he distils the essence of professional practice for classroom teachers. Drawing on the best research on pedagogy, he outlines the crucial principles of teaching and learning, and shows how they are translated into practice using real classroom examples. He emphasises that teaching procedures need to be part of an integrated approach, so that they are genuinely meaningful and result in learning. Throughout, he shows how teachers can engage their students in ways that create a real ‘need to know’, and a desire to become active learners. What Expert Teachers Do is for teachers who want to become really accomplished practitioners.

What Expert Teachers Do: Enhancing Professional Knowledge for Classroom Practice

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 extensive teaching experience, this book describes how the classroom situations were played out and lessons to be learned.

Opening The Classroom Door

Northfield, Jeffrey

Researching Teaching

The essays in this volume examine teachers, teaching practice, knowledge and skill, and a range of methodologies are explained. The professional skills and knowledge that teachers need is explored.

Researching Teaching: Methodologies and Practices for Understanding Pedagogy

Improving Teacher Education Practice Through Self-Study

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