There are new pressures and familiar pressures on teacher educators
to prepare teachers who will be able to teach successfully in a
changing world, and who will be able to change the world. The
question of how to prepare well-qualified teachers has become an
international question with global responses and consequences. This
book describes a stance and pedagogy for helping young teachers to
be successful in the most challenging of circumstances. Self-study
and Inquiry into Practice describes how inquiry can contribute to
effective teaching in urban settings. The use of inquiry and
self-study as a way of thinking about, understanding and developing
one's practice and one's teaching supports teachers' continued
inspiration and resilience, enabling them to teach all children
effectively in the face of very challenging circumstances. Using
rich examples and case studies of how pre-service teachers and
beginning teachers have used inquiry to learn from demanding urban
placements, Kroll shows the importance of using inquiry and
self-study in learning to teach and also in continuing to learn as
one teaches. Inquiry is a useful way to understand what students
understand and what they learn from our teaching, self-study
reminds us of the power and responsibility we have to ensure that
all our students achieve their highest potential. This book aims to
help teachers and teacher educators: overcome the 'wash out effect'
of teacher education when teaching in challenging circumstances
learn to ask questions and to pose questions to themselves learn to
think about difficult theory in a way that will be useful to them
in the moment make inquiry stance a 'habit of mind' be empowered as
experts in investigating and improving their own practice. Being a
successful teacher in urban schools takes a special kind of person;
one who has been thoroughly prepared and one who pays close
attention to the learners she or he is teaching. This book will be
useful for both practicing teachers and teacher educators as they
work together to craft excellent teacher education and teaching for
all students, adult and child. It provides theoretical and
practical ideas about how inquiry and self-study can promote
lifelong learning and resilience in the practice of one of the most
challenging, but rewarding professions.
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