Understanding Teacher Education - Case Studies in the Professional Development of Beginning Teachers

This text reports a study of 20 student primary teachers, 10 on a conventional PGCE course and 10 on a school-based articled teacher training course. documenting their learning experiences over a two year period, the authors explore the factors that facilitate or impede the students' learning as teachers. In drawing upon these case studies together with existing theoretical models of professional development, the authors distinguish several key characteristics of learning to teach and discuss the implications of these for the design of effective school- based teacher education courses.

List of contents

Research on Learning to Teach; Research Design; Case Studies of Learning to Teach; Learning to Teach; Facilitate Learning to Teach.

About the author

James Calderhead, Susan B. Shorrock

Summary

Based on a study of 20 student primary teachers, 10 on a conventional PGCE course and 10 on a school-based teacher training course, this text explores topics such as the factors that may facilitate or impede the training of student teachers, and the design of effective teacher education courses.

Product details

• Authors: J. Calderhead, James Calderhead, Calderhead Jame, Calderhead James, Susan B Shorrock, Shorrock Susan B.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.1997
• EAN: 9780750703994
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0399-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Weight: 440 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification