232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Has any occupational group been the subject of as much research as elementary or primary school teachers? Written by a former elementary school teacher, this intensive study considers how the foundations of the ongoing teacher reform movement have appealed to researchers through its successive stages. By tracing these ideas back to their historical roots, Jonathan Neufeld illustrates how they... Read more
Section 1: Defining Teacher Development 1. The Rationale for Teacher Development 2. The Life of Classrooms 3. Schoolteacher: Defining the Problem Section 2: Teacher Development, Consciousness, and Thought 4. Development: A Conceptual Study of a Modern Idea 5. Purpose, Trust, and Educational Development 6. The Science of Teacher Thinking Section 3: The Economics and Narratives of Teacher Knowledge 7. Economics of Educational Reform 8. Sociology, Classrooms, and Economics as War 9. Of Narratives and Knowledge 10. Redefining Teacher Development
Biography
Jonathan Neufeld is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University, Canada.
