This book explores several aspects of learning from experience as reported by retired teachers: the nature of teachers' memories, the structure of teachers' narratives, and the manner in which teachers transform concrete experiences into practical wisdom. Teachers, like other professional practitioners, learn from their experiences, which shape the wisdom of practice enacted in classrooms. Memory of professional events is conceived as providing the basis for the construction of the personal professional knowledge of teachers. The book provides insights into the nature of human memories in a professional context.
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This book is about the development of teachers'professional knowledge.
List of Tables and Figures Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Memory of Events and the Practice of Teaching 2. The Content of Teachers' Memories 3. The Impact of Teaching Situations on Teachers' Memories 4. Scripts in Teachers' Memories 5. What Do the Stories Tell Us? Learning about Teachers and Teaching 6. Stories, Stories: The Tales of Teachers' Memories 7. Experience, Professional Knowledge, and Memory of Events 8. Learning from Experience: The Teachers' View 9. Context-Specific Memories of Teachers and Learning from Experience: Some Conclusions 10. Teachers' Memories: Implications for Teacher Education and School Administration Appendix. Design of the Study on Memory of Professional Events References Index
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"I was intrigued by the author's bringing important research outside of education (memory research and script theory) to bear on the experience of teachers, which I think is important to the field of education." — Mary E. Diez, Alverno College
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780791423042
Publisert
1995-02-16
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
308 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

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Miriam Ben-Peretz is Professor of Education and former Dean of the School of Education at the University of Haifa, Israel, as well as President of Tel-Hai College, Israel. She is the author of The Teacher-Curriculum Encounter: Freeing Teachers from the Tyranny of Texts, also published by SUNY Press.