1st Edition
Teacher Subject Identity in Professional Practice Teaching with a professional compass
By Clare Brooks
Copyright 2016
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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Teacher Subject Identity in Professional Practice focuses on a key, but neglected, element of a teacher’s identity: that of their subject expertise. Studies of teachers’ professional practice have shown the importance of a teacher’s identity and the extent to which it can affect their resilience, commitment and ultimately their effectiveness.
Drawing upon narrative research undertaken... Read more
1 Being a teacher in this day and age 2 Current professional knowledge landscapes 3 Subject expertise and subject knowledge: the case of geography 4 Subject and phase Identity 5 Subject stories and teacher identity 6 Navigating and forming school cultures 7 Navigating classroom practice 8 Subject identity through a career 9 A professional compass
Biography
Clare Brooks is the Head of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment and Senior Lecturer in Geography Education at UCL Institute of Education, UK.
