1st Edition

Teacher Thinking A Study of Practical Knowledge

By Freema Elbaz Copyright 1983
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1983. A broad examination of the ways in which teachers gain and use knowledge about their work is presented in this book. At the time, within curriculum studies, there was a developing greater understanding of the major role that teachers play in the implementation of materials within the classroom - as autonomous agents holding, using and creating knowledge of particular... Read more

Foreword Part 1: Studying Practical Knowledge 1. Introduction 2. The Teacher's Experiential World Part 2: The Content of Practical Knowledge 3. Knowledge of Self and Milieu 4. Subject Matter Knowledge 5. Knowledge of Curriculum and Instruction Part 3: How Practical Knowledge is Held and Used 6. The Orientations of Practical Knowledge 7. The Structure of Practical Knowledge 8. Cognitive Style: Practical Knowledge in Use 9. Reflections on Method: The Participants' Practical Knowledge

Biography

Freema Elbaz-Luwisch is Professor Emerita in the Department of Learning, Instruction and Teaching at The University of Haifa, Israel.