1st Edition

Opening The Classroom Door Teacher, Researcher, Learner

By John Loughran, Jeffrey Northfield Copyright 1996
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This account tracks the return to teaching of John Loughran, a teacher educator and educational researcher. After years of educating student teachers, he went back into the classroom for a year to practice what he himself had been teaching, but was often met with difficult pupil behaviour and unforeseen problems. Split into three sections, this book covers: * a teacher’s perspective on... Read more
Section 1 A Teacher’s Perspective on Teaching; Chapter 1 Seeking Acceptance; Chapter 2 Introducing the Students; Chapter 3 Building on Experience; Chapter 4 Breaking Set; Chapter 5 Maintaining the Effort; Section 2 The Students’ Perspective on Teaching and Learning; Chapter 6 Different Versions of the Same Experience; Chapter 7 A Focus on the Learner; Chapter 8 Making Us Understand; Chapter 9 Learning is Difficult; Chapter 10 A Focus on the Teacher; Section 3 Learning from Experience; Chapter 11 Implications for Teaching and Learning; Chapter 12 Some Final Reflections;

Biography

John Loughran, Jeff Northfield