Developing English Teachers - The Role of Mentorship in a Reflective Profession

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Goodwyn was an English teacher for thirteen years! including five as Head of Department. He now works in teacher education and is an English tutor for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education course and convenor of the Masters course in English in Education at the University of Reading. He has published widely including books for schools and for teachers of English. Klappentext * How do student teachers learn to teach? * How can experienced English teachers teach student teachers? * How can good English teachers continue to develop and improve? Developing English Teachers is a book for anyone interested in helping English teachers to develop and improve. Its main focus is on the ways in which experienced English teachers can support and develop student teachers and induct them into the profession. However it goes further than this to examine the idea of mentorship as a feature of continuing professional development and of professional development as a constant element in the life of a reflective practitioner. It examines how experienced English teachers can learn from the challenge of explaining their teaching to student and beginning teachers. It also examines how being a mentor is very different to being a class teacher and emphasizes the new areas of learning that such a role demands. The book shows how all participants can learn from this reflective cycle and improve their teaching and contribute to improving the quality of the English teaching profession. Zusammenfassung A book for those interested in helping English teachers to develop and improve. It focuses on the ways in which experienced English teachers can support and develop student teachers and induct them into the profession. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The potential of partnership mentors in school-based initial teacher education Coming to terms with 'English' student teachers! mentors and the subject of English Becoming a mentor managing the learning of student teachers of English Being the mentor looking after the learning of student teachers of English Developing new English teachers managing the transition into the profession Developing ourselves English teachers and continuous professional development References Index. ...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Goodwyn
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780335197606
• ISBN: 978-0-335-19760-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Health Psychology; Health Psychology
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics