Professional Development as a Process of Renewal: Case Studies of the Courage to Teach Program - Softcover

Simone, Genét

 
9783838315737: Professional Development as a Process of Renewal: Case Studies of the Courage to Teach Program
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3838315731 ISBN 13: 9783838315737
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

“What should a teacher teach, and how?” This is the question typically directing teacher professional development. It neglects, however, a deeper, more powerful inquiry: “Who is the person that teaches?” Rarely is the teacher-as-person addressed in school; yet, a teacher’s self-knowledge and inner development profoundly influences how he or she negotiates the complexities of school life, interacts with others, and implements curriculum. Following several teachers for two years in a program called The Courage to Teach, the author pieces together reflections, journals, interviews, and observations, weaving a tapestry that tells the stories of the teachers’ inner lives, and how they are discovered and claimed in more conscious ways; those discoveries further illuminate how self-knowledge affects teachers’ interactions and effectiveness in school. Principals, teachers, professional development specialists, and university faculty in teacher education will find this work fascinating. It carefully documents a process rarely captured in educational literature and provides evidence of both the importance and the complexities of teaching from within.

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Reseña del editor

"What should a teacher teach, and how?" This is the question typically directing teacher professional development. It neglects, however, a deeper, more powerful inquiry: "Who is the person that teaches?" Rarely is the teacher-as-person addressed in school; yet, a teacher's self-knowledge and inner development profoundly influences how he or she negotiates the complexities of school life, interacts with others, and implements curriculum. Following several teachers for two years in a program called The Courage to Teach, the author pieces together reflections, journals, interviews, and observations, weaving a tapestry that tells the stories of the teachers' inner lives, and how they are discovered and claimed in more conscious ways; those discoveries further illuminate how self-knowledge affects teachers' interactions and effectiveness in school. Principals, teachers, professional development specialists, and university faculty in teacher education will find this work fascinating. It carefully documents a process rarely captured in educational literature and provides evidence of both the importance and the complexities of teaching from within.

Biografía del autor

Genét Simone, Ph.D., is a Director of Teacher Education at Western Washington University, and Adjunct Faculty in Contemplative Education, Naropa University, Boulder CO. Her research interests include Teacher Professional Development, Contemplative Education, Personal Transformation, Evolution of Consciousness, and Spirituality in Education.

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Verlag
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3838315731
ISBN 13 
9783838315737
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
332
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