Redefining teacher development / Jonathan Neufeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neufeld, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of--History.

Teachers.

Elementary school teachers--Training of--History.

Elementary school teachers.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Has any occupational group been the subject of as much research as elementary or primary school teachers? Written by a former elementary school teacher, this intensive study considers how the foundations of the ongoing teacher reform movement have appealed to researchers through its successive stages. By tracing these ideas back to their historical roots, Jonathan Neufeld illustrates how they actually descend from the physical and biological sciences rather than from student/teacher relationships. Neufeld's in-depth analysis of economic trends during the 20th century shows how ec

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Part 1 Defining teacher development; Chapter 1 The sociology of the school; Chapter 2 The life of classrooms; Chapter 3 Schoolteacher: Defining the problem; Part II Teacher development, consciousness, and thought; Chapter 4 Development: A conceptual study of a modern idea; Chapter 5 Purpose, trust, and educational development; Chapter 6 The science of teacher thinking; Part III The economics and narratives of teacher knowledge; Chapter 7 Economics of educational reform

Chapter 8 Sociology, classrooms, and economics as warChapter 9 Of narratives and knowledge; Chapter 10 Redefining teacher development; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-135-22003-4

1-282-25639-4

9786612256394

0-203-87446-3

9780203874462

OCLC:

443273425