1st Edition

Developing Creative and Critical Educational Practitioners

By Victoria Door Copyright 2014
80 Pages
by Routledge

80 Pages
by Routledge

This book encourages teacher educators to promote flexible and sustainable practice in their students, enabling them to flourish within an ever-changing educational environment. Research from the UK and US strongly indicates that a coherent theory-practice approach to teacher preparation is key.  The book outlines what such a framework can look like, a rationale for it, and how it can work in... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The reflexive practitioner

Chapter 3 Criticality

Chapter 4: Creativity 

Chapter 5: Putting theory into practice/theorising practice

Bibliography

Glossary of key terms

Index

Biography

Victoria Dooris based at Keele University, where she works with developing teachers from PGCE to PhD level, including CPD for whole schools. She is an advocate of keeping educational practice alive and kicking, whether in the classroom or the seminar room, by giving a give high priority to practitioners’ lived experience and through reflexivity.

A very insightful and thought provoking read offering a wide range of strategies for teacher educators to consider. What is helpful and extremely useful about this book is the fact that it explores how teacher educators can develop critical practitioners for the future. It outlines what the key barriers and issues are regarding reflection and criticality, and offers a wide range of practical advice, key research and a detailed outline of considered approaches. It is insightful and thought provoking. It will certainly help any highly experience practitioner to continue to deepen their practice as a teacher educator too.

Lizana Oberholzer, NASBTT

I just wanted to let you know that I ordered your bookDeveloping creative and critical educational practitionerslast week. When it turned up I started reading it one evening and I couldn't put it down, I read it from cover to cover in one sitting! I've actually committed the terrible sin of scribbling notes in the margins and highlighting sections...I know it's a terrible thing to do but I think its a sign of a good book! I'm definitely looking forward to referencing it in my Masters work'

Dr Rachel Quinn, of Keele University Medical School.