Being a teacher educator : research-informed methods for improving practice / edited by Anja Swennen and Elizabeth White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swennen, Anja, editor.

White, Elizabeth, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Teachers--In-service training.

Teacher educators.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 178 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Anja Swennen has retired from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where she was a teacher educator and researcher. She is currently co-editor of the European Journal of Teacher Education. Elizabeth White is Principal Lecturer at the Centre for Research in Professional and Work-Related Learning, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Being a Teacher Educator p. 1 / Elizabeth White and Anja Swennen

2 Being a reflective teacher educator: professionalism or pipe dream? p. 10 / Paul Holdsworth

3 Understanding the reflective process through self-study: a teacher educator's journey towards continuous professional development p. 27 / Karl Attard

4 Developing as teacher educators: lessons learned from student voices during practice and research p. 43 / Tom Russell and Maria Assunçao Flores

5 Teacher educator collaboration and a pedagogy of teacher education: practice architectures, professional learning, praxis, and production p. 56 / David Powell

6 "Are we doing the right tiling?": challenges teacher educators face when taking the risk of opening up possibilities for students p. 72 / Monique Leijgraaf

7 Old learning, new learning: teacher educators as enquiring professionals p. 86 / Mhairi C. Beaton

8 A professional social network as a platform for teacher educators' professional development p. 99 / Tami Seifert and Smadar Bar-Tal

9 International semi-collaborative research initiative: a critical reflection of the research process p. 112 / Leah Shagrir

10 Learning from stories about the practice of teacher educators in partnerships between schools and higher education institutions p. 126 / Elizabeth White and Miranda Timmermans and Claire Dickerson

11 Teacher educator as researcher: striving towards a greater visibility for teacher education p. 142 / Ann MacPhail

12 Brave Research as a means to transform teacher education p. 155 / Anja Swennen and David Powell

13 Epilogue: lessons from this book and next steps in developing the profession of teacher educators p. 171 / Anja Swennen and Elizabeth White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Being a teacher educator

ISBN:

9781003055457

1003055451

9781000197556

1000197557

Publisher Number:

40030218602

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.