1st Edition
Teaching as a Professional Discipline A Multi-dimensional Model
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2004. This book addresses one of the most basic but problematic questions in education- what do teachers do? After reviewing various paradigms of teaching- as common sense, art, craft, competence and so on- Squires goes onto to develop a theory of professional disciplines based on three common characteristics: instrumentality, contingency and procedural. He then uses this to... Read more
List of Figures and Tables, Preface, 1. The Paradigm Problem, 2. The Nature of Professional Disciplines, 3. Analysing the Course, 4. Analysing the Class, 5. Theory, Expertise and Practice, 6. Research, Training and Evaluation, References, Index
Biography
Dr. Geoffrey Squires grew up in Ireland and studies at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.
'The meat of the book consists of the analyses of the dimensions and of the various aspects of each dimension. Squires makes a good job of bringing to the reader's attention various ideas from the literature, which relate to each of these ... his exposition is a model of clarity and a great integrative achievemnet, bringing together as it does ideas from the different paradigms of teaching and research.' - John Quicke, Teacher Development
