1st Edition

School-Based Teacher Education Telling Tales from a Fictional Primary School

By Anne Campbell, Ian Kane Copyright 1998
    154 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    First Published in 1998. The idea for this book came from involvement in a research project, the Mentoring in Schools project, funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust between September 1993 and July 1995. The book also draws on local evaluation studies of previous pilot projects such as the Articled Teacher Scheme and partnership initiatives with primary schools. A readable, interactive book which presents the phenomenological aspects of school-based training, the human face of mentoring, and which tells how people actually experience school-based teacher education partnerships.

    Part 1 Introduction: context and methodology. Part 2: the meeting - staff, parents and governors; mentor's stories - Wilma, Tom, Meg and Mark; Sharon's story - success; Paula's story - struggle; Mike's story - failure; the staff development day - teachers and tutors; triumph and disaster - debriefing; out of the mouths - child's eye views. Part 3: conclusions and critical commentary.

    Biography

    Anne Campbell, Ian Kane