Nick Sorensen

The Improvising Teacher (eBook, ePUB)

Reconceptualising Pedagogy, Expertise and Professionalism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Improvising Teacher offers a radical reconceptualization of improvisation as a fundamental element of teacher expertise. Drawing on theories of improvisation and expertise alongside empirical research, the book argues that teacher expertise is fundamentally improvisatory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000626872
• Artikelnr.: 64185222

Autorenporträt

Nick Sorensen is Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Education, Bath Spa University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Part One: Theoretical and conceptual foundations. 2.
Understanding improvisation: a working definition and philosophical
assumptions. 3. Understanding expertise and the lexicon of advanced
professional practice in teaching. 4. Understanding professionalism and the
discourses of advanced professional practice. Part Two: The empirical
research: the improvisational nature of teacher expertise. 5. The impact of
school culture on the development of advanced professional practice. 6.
Teacher perceptions of expertise and improvisation. 7. The improvising
teacher as a prototype of advanced professional practice. 8. The social
construction of the improvising teacher. Part Three: Implications for
practice. 9. Towards a long-term framework for the professional development
of the improvising teacher. 10. Afterword: the improvising teacher in the
COVID-19 present. List of figures. List of tables. Foreword -Theresa
Robbins Dudeck. Preface. Acknowledgements.

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1. Introduction. Part One: Theoretical and conceptual foundations. 2. Understanding improvisation: a working definition and philosophical assumptions. 3. Understanding expertise and the lexicon of advanced professional practice in teaching. 4. Understanding professionalism and the discourses of advanced professional practice. Part Two: The empirical research: the improvisational nature of teacher expertise. 5. The impact of school culture on the development of advanced professional practice. 6. Teacher perceptions of expertise and improvisation. 7. The improvising teacher as a prototype of advanced professional practice. 8. The social construction of the improvising teacher. Part Three: Implications for practice. 9. Towards a long-term framework for the professional development of the improvising teacher. 10. Afterword: the improvising teacher in the COVID-19 present. List of figures. List of tables. Foreword -Theresa Robbins Dudeck. Preface. Acknowledgements.