ABSTRACT
This book maps out a new paradigm of teacher education and, by implication, professional education generally. The book opens with two alternative theories of teacher education and training and explains the concepts and assumptions on which they rest including beliefs about the nature and role of education in society. It then proposes a ‘natural science’ paradigm and its implications for establishing a coherent view of teacher education. Subsequent chapters indicate the professional implications of such a model.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |80 pages
Coherence and Continuity in Teacher Education: Perspectives and Issues
part |61 pages
School-Based Teacher Education: Four Studies of Innovation
chapter |20 pages
The Development of Teachers' Thinking and Practice
part |53 pages
Researchers and Teachers: Changing Roles and Relationships
chapter |19 pages
Through the Looking Glass
chapter |17 pages
Academics and Action-Research
part |48 pages
Portraying Teachers' Development