Opening The Classroom Door: Teacher, Researcher, Learner

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.