“ ... a concise introduction to teacher reflection, examining the foundations and purposes of teachers’ reflective practice in clear, engaging prose. The teacher-based vignettes provide meaningful, practical connections between the act of reflection and the act of teaching.”
Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, USA

“Few authors manage to handle the complexity inherent in teaching as accessibly as Zeichner and Liston, without losing any of the nuance and subtlety needed to address these issues. I appreciate the fact that the authors do not attempt to provide recipes, but instead introduce tools to think about the profession that are historically and philosophically grounded.”
Daniel Friedrich, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

This popular text provides a clear, succinct explanation of how reflection is integral to teachers’ understandings of themselves, their practice, and their context, and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another. The emphasis on the importance of both self and context is embedded within distinct and varied educational traditions (conservative, progressive, radical, and spiritual). Readers are encouraged to examine their own assumptions and understandings of teaching, learning, and schooling and to reflect on self and context. The major goal of both this book, and of all of the volumes in the "Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling" series, is to help teachers explore and define their own positions with regard to key topics and issues related to the aims of education in a democratic society. Its core message is that such reflection is essential to becoming more skilled, more capable, and in general better teachers.
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The goal of this text is to help teachers explore and define their own positions with regard to key topics and issues related to the aims of education in a democratic society. It explains how reflection is integral to teachers’ work and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another.
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CONTENTSSERIES PREFACEIntroductionExamining the Social Conditions of SchoolingUnderstanding and Examining Personal Beliefs about Teaching and SchoolingAbout the Books in this SeriesSeries AcknowledgmentsPREFACE Acknowledgements1. UNDERSTANDING REFLECTIVE TEACHING An Initial Distinction: Reflective Teaching and Technical TeachingOn Reflective TeachingThe Bandwagon of Reflective Teaching2. HISTORICAL ROOTS OF REFLECTIVE TEACHING IntroductionDewey’s Contribution: What is Reflective Teaching?OpenmindednessResponsibilityWholeheartednessReflection and the Pressures of TeachingSchon: “Reflection-on-Action” and “Reflection-in-Action”Framing and Reframing ProblemsCriticisms of Schon’s ConceptionReflection: A Singular or Dialogical ActivityReflection as ContextualSummary3. TEACHERS' PRACTICAL THEORIESIntroductionHandal and Lauvas’ Framework for Understanding the Source of Teachers’ Practical TheoriesPersonal ExperienceTransmitted KnowledgeValuesSummary4. THE STUFF OF REFLECTION IntroductionTeaching as emotional laborThinking and FeelingMetaphors and Images in TeacherEnabling Reflection on TeachingConclusion5. REFLECTIVE TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TRADITIONS IntroductionTeachers, Traditions, and TeachingThe Progressive TraditionThe Conservative TraditionCore Knowledge – E. D. HirschHigher LearningThe Social Justice TraditionThe Spiritual-Contemplative TraditionConclusion6. SELF, STUDENT, AND CONTEXT IN REFLECTIVE TEACHING IntroductionThe Teaching SelfAttending to StudentsThe Context of SchoolingThe Social Conditions of SchoolingEngaging Community and DifferenceOne Last VignetteConcluding Thoughts...Appendix AReferences
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415826617
Publisert
2013-08-02
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
216 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
124

Biographical note

Kenneth M. Zeichner is the Boeing Professor of Teacher Education and Director of Teacher Education at the University of Washington, USA.

Daniel P. Liston is Professor of Education in the Educational Foundations Policy and Practice and the Curriculum and Instruction – Research on Teaching and Teacher Education programs at the University of Colorado – Boulder, USA.