| The Good Teacher: Dominant Discourses in Teacher Education Contributor(s): Moore, Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415335647 ISBN-13: 9780415335645 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: This is a book that will challenge student teachers' thinking about teaching, and critiques the currently fashionable discourses. It offers a new set of approaches to initial and continuing teacher education that re-emphasises the importance of theory through reference to key sociological and psychological works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 371.1 |
| LCCN: 2003025403 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.02 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moore's insightful text explores and makes better sense of professional practice by examining that practice in the context of popular views. The book identifies and elaborates three dominant discourses of good teaching: * the competent craftsperson, currently favoured by central governments All of these are critiqued on the basis of their capacity both to help and to hinder improved practice and understandings of practice. In particular, it is argued that the discourses all have a tendency, if not checked, to over-emphasise the individual teacher's or student teacher's responsibility for successful and unsuccessful classroom encounters, and to understate the role of the wider society and education system in such successes and failures. Winner of a Society for Education Studies book prize in 2005, this is a well-informed source of advice and support for teachers and anyone considering teaching as a career. |