Full Description
This account tracks the return to teaching of John Loughran, a teacher educator and educational researcher. After years of educating student teachers, he went back into the classroom for a year to practice what he himself had been teaching, but was often met with difficult pupil behaviour and unforeseen problems.
Split into three sections, this book covers:
a teacher�s perspective on teaching the students� perspective on teaching and learning learning from experience � the implications for teaching and learning.
Using Loughran�s extensive teaching experience, this book describes how the classroom situations were played out and lessons to be learned.
Contents
Section 1 A Teacher's Perspective on Teaching; Chapter 1 Seeking Acceptance; Chapter 2 Introducing the Students; Chapter 3 Building on Experience; Chapter 4 Breaking Set; Chapter 5 Maintaining the Effort; Section 2 The Students' Perspective on Teaching and Learning; Chapter 6 Different Versions of the Same Experience; Chapter 7 A Focus on the Learner; Chapter 8 Making Us Understand; Chapter 9 Learning is Difficult; Chapter 10 A Focus on the Teacher; Section 3 Learning from Experience; Chapter 11 Implications for Teaching and Learning; Chapter 12 Some Final Reflections;
