Teacher Education and the Development of Practical Judgement

by Ruth Heilbronn

Book Overview

Current conceptions of teacher training reflect key issues in professional practices. Two prevailing views seem to be in conflict, the first is that a teacher ought to be able to act as an autonomous professional, trusted to have and apply subject knowledge, through the exercise of judgement. The second conception views the teacher more as a 'deliverer' of a specific curriculum, defined centrally in various government sponsored strategies. Much has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144115471X
• ISBN13: 9781441154712
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"