1st Edition

Mentoring Student Teachers The Growth of Professional Knowledge

By John Furlong, Trisha Maynard Copyright 1995
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education. There is thus an urgent need within the profession to define more carefully what the role of teachers acting as mentors should be. Clearly some aspects of professional knowledge can only be acquired from practical experience in school, and this... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Practice makes perfect?; Chapter 2 Learning to teach – the competency-based model; Chapter 3 Learning to teach – the reflective practitioner model; Chapter 4 The aims and methods of the project; Chapter 5 Stages of student development; Chapter 6 Learning for classroom management and control; Chapter 7 Learning about ‘good ideas’ for teaching; Chapter 8 Practical professional knowledge and student learning; Chapter 9 Mentoring and the growth of professional knowledge;

Biography

John Furlong is a Professor,
Trisha Maynard is a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in the Department of Education at University of Wales, Swansea.