Teaching about teaching : purpose, passion, and pedagogy in teacher education / edited by John Loughran and Tom Russell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loughran, John, 1957-

Russell, Tom, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Teacher educators.

Education--Study and teaching (Higher).

Education.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

xiii, 244 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation Considers teacher education as an important aspects of the teaching profession and demonstrates why it is so important for higher education institutions to value their teacher educators' professional knowledge. The book demonstrates how teaching about teaching knowledge pedagogy is vital to the development of quality in teacher education and how this knowledge needs to be articulated and communicated throughout the teaching profession, both in schools and universities.

Contents:

Book Cover

Title

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by

Introduction

An Introduction to Purpose, Passion and Pedagogy

Principles and Practices Which Shape Teaching about Teaching

Practicing Theory and Theorizing Practice in Teacher Education

Teaching Teachers: How I Teach IS the Message

Teacher Education as a Process of Developing Teacher Knowledge

Teaching about Teaching: Principles and Practice

Challenges in Teaching and Learning about Teaching

Teaching Teachers for the Challenge of Change

Learning to Teach Prospective Teachers to Teach Mathematics: The Struggles of a Beginning Teacher Educator

Teaching and Learning in Teacher Education: Who is Carrying the Ball?

Rethinking Teacher Educators' Roles and Practice

Learning about Learning in the Context of a Science Methods Course

Teaching to Teach with Purpose and Passion: Pedagogy for Reflective Practice

Advisor as Coach

Conversations about Teacher Education

Obligations to Unseen Children The Arizona Group:

Storming through Teacher Education: Talk about Summerfest

Conclusion

Becoming Passionate about Teacher Education

Notes on Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-71492-4

0-203-45447-2

1-135-71493-2

1-280-40341-1

0-203-26129-1

9786610403417

9780203454473

OCLC:

52183699

Publisher Number:

9780750707084