Michael Francis Ryan

The Teaching Triangle: Pedagogy, Professionalism and Vocationalism

Developing a nurturing vision for teachers and learners

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Produktbeschreibung

This constructivist grounded theory study interrogates the role of the second level teacher in contemporary Ireland. This role emerges as a problematic navigation between: a passive pedagogy, an ambivalent professionalism and a frequently silenced vocational domain. The study highlights an intensified pedagogy dominated by: terminal exams, competitive accountability, limited autonomy, and a fractured relational domain in typically non - reflective learning spaces. The study also celebrates however, a deeply rooted yearning by teachers, to re-discover their vocational mission. The author argues for a more radically integrated vocational practice. He challenges teacher educators, policy makers, teachers and educational leaders to attend to' the human development mission at the heart of teaching and learning. In so doing, he proposes a visionary framework to guide the realignment of educational practice in Ireland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholar's Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9783639667974
• ISBN-10: 3639667972
• Artikelnr.: 41968636

Autorenporträt

Dr. Michael F. Ryanis an advocate of teaching, active learning and professional development for educators. Publications include work on: teacher education, capacity building, change & loss education, integrated area planning, development education & place based learning. Lecturer in The Faculty of Business and Humanities at LIT-Tipperary, Ireland.