Teachers And Teaching From Classroom To Reflection

The intention of this book is to develop an increased awareness of the place of professional practice in the realms of research in teaching. The chapters investigate, from an international perspective, the emerging reflective methods of collaboration between practitioners and researchers, appreciation of teachers and teaching, and greater understanding of what they aim to promote.

Part 1 Setting the stage: frames of reflection - an introduction, Hugh Munby and Tom Russell; the significance of teachers' frames for teaching, Douglas Barnes. Part 2 Reflection in teaching: collaborative reflection, systematic enquiry, better teaching, John R. Baird; a cognitive analysis of patterns in science instruction by expert and novice teachers, Hilda Borko et al. Part 3 Reflection in cases of teaching: philosophical, subject matter, and classroom understandings - a case of history teaching, Brent Kilbourn; transforming chemistry research into chemistry teaching - the complexities of adopting new frames for experience, Hugh Munby and Tom Russell; creating cases for the development of teacher knowledge, Kathy Carter. Part 4 Narrative in reflection: narrative and story in teacher education, D. Jean Clandinin; teaching for reflection - being reflective, Antoinette A. Oberg and Sibylle Artz. Part 5 Reflection in the context of teacher education: practitioner research and programmes of initial teacher education, Jean Rudduck; the content of students teachers' reflections within different structures for facilitating the reflective process, Anna E. Richert; the roles of reflective practice and foundational disciplines in teacher education, Allan MacKinnon and Gaalen R. Erickson.

Tom Russell (Queen's University, Canada) (Edited by), Hugh Munby (Edited by)