Developing Creative and Critical Educational Practitioners

Victoria Door, Ian Menter

• Publisher: Critical Publishing
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781909682405
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods

This book encourages teacher educators to promote flexible and sustainable practice in their students, enabling them to flourish within an ever-changing educational environment. Research from the UK and US strongly indicates that a coherent theory-practice approach to teacher preparation is key. The book outlines what such a framework can look like, a rationale for it, and how it can work in practice for groups and individuals. It explores the notions of the reflexive teacher, creativity as a basis for practice, and criticality as a necessary underpinning for educators. The discussion draws on the research and experiences of teacher educators, student teachers and in-service teachers, from NQTs to Lead Practitioners and senior management. It proposes the foundational understanding for beginning teachers to join a community of practice based on scholarship, professionalism and ethical practice.

This bookis part of the successful Critical Guides for Teacher Educators series edited by Ian Menter.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Foreword
• About the series editor and author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Developing educational practice
• Chapter 2 Developing reflexive practitioners
• Chapter 3 Developing critical practitioners
• Chapter 4 Developing creative practitioners
• Chapter 5 Developing the researching practitioner
• Final thoughts
• References
• Index