Seeing Through Teachers' Eyes: Professional Ideals and Classroom Practices

by Karen Hammerness

What sources of inspiration help sustain teachers' commitments, motivations, and care for their work? How do teachers use their ideals to inform their practice and their learning? The author proposes that many teachers have images of ideal classroom practice which she calls "teachers' vision."

In this book, Karen Hammerness uses vision to shed light on the complex relationship between teachers' ideals and the realities of school life. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746835
• ISBN13: 9780807746837
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"