Teacher Subject Identity in Professional Practice - Teaching With a Professional Compass

Informationen zum Autor Clare Brooks is the Head of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment and Senior Lecturer in Geography Education at UCL Institute of Education, UK. Zusammenfassung This book outlines an important, but neglected, dimension of teacher’s professional practice: that of their subject identity and expertise. It argues that viewing subject identity and expertise through the lens of a ‘professional compass’ enables a nuanced way of understanding teachers’ professional practice and decision making. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Being a teacher in this day and age 2 Current professional knowledge landscapes 3 Subject expertise and subject knowledge: the case of geography 4 Subject and phase Identity 5 Subject stories and teacher identity 6 Navigating and forming school cultures 7 Navigating classroom practice 8 Subject identity through a career 9 A professional compass

Product details

• Authors: Clare Brooks, Clare (Insitute of Education Brooks, Clare (Institute of Education Brooks, Brooks Clare
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138025905
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02590-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Foundations and Futures of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, teacher training, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy