ABSTRACT
This is a reflection on the education of teachers, written by teacher educators who discuss features of their work and the challenges facing teacher education in the 1990s. The book invites the reader to attempt similar analyses of personal practice and development in their own teaching.; The book deals with the personal development of both new and experienced teacher educators, illustrating how strongly teacher educators are influenced by their visions and by the challenge to prove themselves in the university setting. In addition, the book examines the ways in which teacher educators have acted to promote their own professional development and study their own practices, including writing as a tool for reflection, a life-history approach to self-study, as well as a study of educative relationships with others, and the analysis of a personal return to the classroom. Finally, it takes a broader look at the professional development of teacher educators and offers a challenge to all teacher educators to consider the tension between rigour and relevance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |23 pages
Experienced Teacher Educators Reflect on their Development
part |35 pages
Beginning Teacher Educators Reflect on their Development
part |41 pages
Ways to Promote One's Development as a Teacher Educator
part |41 pages
Ways to Study Practice in Teacher Education
part |32 pages
Broader Perspectives on Teacher Educators' Work
part |8 pages
Epilogue