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The Improvising Teacher: Reconceptualising Pedagogy, Expertise and Professionalism book cover

1st Edition

The Improvising Teacher Reconceptualising Pedagogy, Expertise and Professionalism

By Nick Sorensen Copyright 2023
174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Improvising Teacher offers a radical reconceptualization of improvisation as a fundamental element of teacher expertise. Drawing on theories of improvisation and expertise alongside empirical research, the book argues that teacher expertise is fundamentally improvisatory. The book provides a theoretical model for teacher expertise that is relevant internationally and illustrates the... Read more

1 Introduction

Part One - Theoretical and conceptual foundations

2 Understanding improvisation: a working definition and philosophical assumptions

3 Understanding expertise and the lexicon of advanced professional practice in teaching

4 Understanding professionalism and the discourses of advanced professional practice

Part Two – The empirical research: the improvisational nature of teacher expertise

5 The impact of school culture on the development of advanced professional practice

6 Teacher perceptions of expertise and improvisation

7 The improvising teacher as a prototype of advanced professional practice

8 The social construction of the improvising teacher

Part Three – Implications for practice

9 Towards a long-term framework for the professional development of the improvising teacher

10 Afterword: the improvising teacher in the COVID-19 present

List of figures

List of tables

Foreword -Theresa Robbins Dudeck

Preface

Acknowledgements

Biography

Nick Sorensen is Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Education, Bath Spa University, UK.

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