Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education

Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education

Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education

Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education

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Overview

There is clear evidence that the quality of children's learning in school is very dependant on the style of the teacher's approach and the learning environment he or she creates. This, in turn, is a reflection of teachers own beliefs, anxieties and enthusiasms about learning, often gained through their own educational experiences.
This edited volume provides a new framework for exploring teachers' views on a whole range of professional issues, for instance the nature of teaching and learning, the needs of students, and their own abilities as learners. Within this is presented a variety of case studies which illustrate how teachers' views impact upon students' learning.
The book builds on the well established assumption that teachers are themselves also learners and that the learning processes involved in professional development are in many ways the same as those involved in a classroom context.It shows how the conclusions drawn from this study can be used in a practical way to assist teachers' professional development throughout their career.
All teacher trainers and mentors who take seriously their role of helping children to be resourceful, resilient and reflective learners will find that this book helps them to achieve this aim.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136168192
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/16/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Terry Atkinson, Guy Caxton, Marilyn Osborn, Mike Wallace

Table of Contents

I: Theoretical perspectives; 1: Integrated learning theory and the learning teacher; 2: When is experiential learning not experiential learning?; 3: Liberating the learner through assessment; 4: Implicit theories of learning; II: Cultural perspectives; 5: Teachers as adult learners; 6: Teacher trainer and student teacher: sources of divergence in perceptions of learning?; 7: Understanding the apprenticeship of observation in initial teacher education; 8: PGCE student visit to The Gambia; 9: Home thoughts from abroad; 10: Overseas scholarships; III: The facilitation of learning; 11: When the going gets tough; 12: Learning to become a headteacher; 13: Development through collaborative working; 14: Using dissonance; 15: Teacher mentors and student teachers; 16: The supervisory process in teacher education; 17: Put it together and what have you got?
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