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International Teacher Education: Promising Pedagogies
Cheryl J. Craig
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Description for International Teacher Education: Promising Pedagogies
Hardcover. The book fills a gaping hole in the teacher education literature. Nowhere is there a volume that globally surveys teacher education pedagogies and invites international scholars to describe the most productive ones in their home countries. Series: Advances in Research on Teaching. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
All countries in the world understand that education is vital to human and economic prosperity and that teacher education unavoidably is implicated. But the snag is this: political forces shaping public opinion in individual nations (particularly the U.S.) are deeply divided concerning how teacher education should proceed. This book acknowledges this Achilles heel tension, but does not become weighed down by it. Instead, it focuses on the practical (t) (Schwab, 1969), matters that have been locally deliberated and enacted. Pedagogies are named, origins (cultural/practical/theoretical/policy roots) are traced and a live example of the pedagogy unfurling in the local setting is ... Read more
All countries in the world understand that education is vital to human and economic prosperity and that teacher education unavoidably is implicated. But the snag is this: political forces shaping public opinion in individual nations (particularly the U.S.) are deeply divided concerning how teacher education should proceed. This book acknowledges this Achilles heel tension, but does not become weighed down by it. Instead, it focuses on the practical (t) (Schwab, 1969), matters that have been locally deliberated and enacted. Pedagogies are named, origins (cultural/practical/theoretical/policy roots) are traced and a live example of the pedagogy unfurling in the local setting is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Advances in Research on Teaching
Condition
New
Weight
754g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784416744
SKU
V9781784416744
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Reviews for International Teacher Education: Promising Pedagogies
The pedagogies presented in this book call for a curriculum that engages teachers in a constant dialogue of content and context. International contributors consider practical issues within the context of political factors and public opinion impacting teacher education around the world. Chapters are grouped into sections on four themes: pedagogies of working with multimodalities, pedagogies of partnerships and communities, pedagogies ... Read more