Teacher Thinking & Professional Action

by Dr Pam Denicolo (Editor), Michael Kompf (Editor)

Overview

Over the past twenty years the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) has become world-renowned as an organisation dedicated to the discussion of current thinking in educational policy and practice. As such, the ideas aired at ISATT conferences are of the greatest significance to today's educational practitioners.

This book satisfies the demand for a lasting record of ISATT's illuminating discussions on the theme. It is based on a selection of papers presented at their third bi-annual conference and has been updated by each contributor to include their current thoughts and opinions. Containing nineteen articles, each an in-depth examination of the topic, it is divided into four sections:

• conceptual frames for teacher thought and action
• methods and approaches to the study of teacher though and action
• teacher judgment and evaluation of students
• teacher thinking and teacher education.

Broad in theme, international in scope and detailed this book is essential and enlightening reading for anyone with a serious interest in the ongoing development of educational thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134232291
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/09/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
Sales rank:	993,952
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Pam M. Denicolo is Director of the Graduate School for Social Sciences at the University of Reading, UK.

Michael Kompf is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University, Canada.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Conceptual Frames for Teacher Thought and Action 1. The Place of Process-product Research in Developing the Agenda for Research on Teacher Thinking 2. Perspectives on the Teaching Profession or Relative Appraisal 3. The 'Collective Student as the Cognitive Reference Point of Teachers’ Thinking about their Students in the Classroom 4. A Contrast of Novice and Expert Competence in Math Lessons Part 2.Methods and Approaches to the Study of Teacher Thought and Action 5. Strategies and Methods in Research on Teacher Thinking 6. The Ground of Professional Practice 7. Case Study in Research on Teaching:A ground for reflective practice 8. Teachers’ Personal and Professional Ideals about Practice 9. Computer Simulation as a Tool in Studying Teachers’ CognitiveActivities During Error Diagnosis in Arithmetic Part 3. Teacher Judgment and Evaluation of Students 10. Goal Dependent Perception in Relations between Teachers and Students 11. Grading as a Quasi-rational Judgment Process 12. Analyzing Teachers’ Thoughts Prior to Student Assessment13. Teachers’ Causal Attributions in Problematic Situations 14. Teachers’ Need for Pupil Information in Special Education Part 4.Teacher Thinking and Teacher Education 15. Asking the Right Questions about Teacher Preparation: Contributionsof research on teacher thinking 16. Using Textbooks and Teachers’ Guides: What beginning elementary teachers learn and what they need to know 17. Supervision Conferences and Student Teachers’ Thinking and Behaviour18. Examining Complexity of Thought in Secondary Student Teachers 19. Knowing, Thinking and Doing in Learning to Teach:A research framework and some initial results