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Improving Teacher Education Practice Through Self-study
Contributor(s): Loughran, John (Author), Russell, Tom (Author)
ISBN: 0415276705     ISBN-13: 9780415276702
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $247.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2002
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Annotation: To help teacher educators undertake self-study, this book offers a range of research methodologies, which show what issues experienced teacher educators have chosen to study, how they would research, and what the outcomes were. Throughout, the emphasis is on placing teacher educators' knowledge and practice at the center of their academic work.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Research
Dewey: 370.711
LCCN: 2001048823
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.28" W x 9.64" (1.19 lbs) 272 pages
 
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Self-study in teacher education is a growing field and a natural progression from the concept of reflective practice for pre-service teachers. This book is designed to introduce teacher educators to the theory and practice of self-study, in order to explore, understand and improve their teaching about teaching.
With studies from an international range of contributors, this book illustrates a variety of approaches to self-study. It describes the issues that teacher educators have chosen to study, how they carried out their research and what the learning outcomes were. Throughout, the emphasis is on placing teacher educators' knowledge and practice at the centre of their academic work.
This book will be of interest to all teacher educators wishing to improve their knowledge and practice.