Teachers' pedagogical thinking : theoretical landscapes, practical challenges / Pertti Kansanen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kansanen, Pertti, 1940-

Series:

American university studies. Education ; Series XIV, v. 47.

American university studies. Series XIV, Education ; vol. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Psychology.

Teachers.

Teaching--Psychological aspects.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teachers' Pedagogical Thinking challenges teachers and teacher educators to consider teachers' work from various points of view. The most recent research on teachers' thinking is used in building the theoretical framework for these concrete case studies. In these empirical studies, teachers' thinking is studied in different contexts, including teachers' mind sets, moral issues, rules, recipes of good teaching, and the supervision process. Teachers' pedagogical thinking is explored in the framework of making educational decisions by analyzing teachers' arguments and justifications for their practice. The book offers both theoretical and practical knowledge on teaching. It can be used as a textbook in teacher education or as an updated research report on teacher thinking.

Contents:

Introduction: Background of the Study

Part I: Coming to terms with teachers' pedagogical thinking

Chapter 1: Teaching- Studying- Learning Process

Chapter 2: Making Educational Decisions

Chapter 3: The Model of Teachers' Pedagogical Thinking

Part II: Linking various approaches

Chapter 4: Teachers' Pedagogical Mind Set

Chapter 5: Moral Perspectives in Teachers' Thinking

Chapter 6: Rules and Recipes of 'Good' Teaching

Chapter 7: Processes of Supervision in Teaching Practice

Part III: Approaching the practice of teaching

Chapter 8: Teachers' Pedagogical Minds

Chapter 9: Teachers' Moral Dilemmas

Chapter 10: The Logic of Rules and Recipes

Chapter 11: Reflection in Counselling Situations

Part IV: Practical arguments in teaching

Chapter 12: The Nature of the Teaching- Studying- Learning Process

Chapter 13: Empirical Findings of Teachers' Argumentation and Justification

Part V: Teachers' practical knowledge landscape

Chapter 14: Justification of the Knowledge Claims

Chapter 15: Towards Balanced Educational Decisions

References

Name Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.

ISBN:

1-4539-1514-1