Teacher Development: Exploring Our Own Practice

by Janet Soler (Editor), Anna Craft (Editor), Hilary Burgess (Editor)

This selection of carefully chosen articles invites teachers to explore their own professional development and review their practice in schools. It draws together the multifaceted nature of primary teaching through a focus upon historical, cultural, and political influences and considers the impact this has upon the way primary teachers develop professional knowledge. Issues explored in the book changing approaches curriculum selection; school organization and; curriculum planning. These are situated and considered in the personal contexts of primary teachers′ continuing professional development. Themes explored analysis of critical incidents as a strategy for developingreflective prac

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 2000