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Philosophical Perspectives on Teacher Education.
Title:
Philosophical Perspectives on Teacher Education.
Author:
Heilbronn, Ruth.
ISBN:
9781118977774
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (179 pages)
Series:
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Editors' Introduction -- Part 1 What Do Teachers Need to Know? -- Chapter 1 How Does a Competent Teacher Become a Good Teacher?: On Judgement, Wisdom and Virtuosity in Teaching and Teacher Education -- The Limits of Competence-Based Teacher Education -- On the 'Nature' Of Education: Teleology and the Three Domains of Educational Purpose -- Why Do We Need Judgement in Teaching? Purpose, Form, Balance, Trade-Offs and Pragmatism -- What Kinds of Judgement do we Need in Teaching? Practical Knowledge and Practical Wisdom -- How Can Teachers Become Capable of Educational Judgement? -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Learning to Teach and Becoming a Teacher: Techne and Phronesis -- Procedures -- Procedures and Skill -- Education and Skill -- Learning to Teach: Delivering the Curriculum Effectively -- Becoming a Teacher: Beyond Procedures and Skill -- Education and Philosophy -- Chapter 3 The Idea of a University and School Partnership -- What Space for Exploration of 'Theory' in Uk Teacher Education of the Future? -- The Idea of a University -- The Foundation Disciplines of Education -- The Idea of University and School Partnership -- Notes -- Part 2 What Makes a Good Teacher? -- Chapter 4 Why We Need a Virtue Ethics of Teaching -- Saints and Scoundrels -- A Brief for Teacherly Self-Cultivation -- From the Terrain of Teaching to the Definition of Professional Ethics -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Wigs, Disguises and Child's Play: Solidarity in Education -- Introduction -- Teacher Beliefs and Values -- Solidarity as a Teacher Educator -- Solidarity with Pupils and Play -- Solid with and Solid Against? -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 6 To Believe, to Think, to Know - to Teach?: Ethical Deliberation in Teacher Education -- Teaching as a Moral Profession.

Ethical Deliberation: What is it? -- Facilitating Ethical Deliberation -- Methodology and Methods -- Data Presentation, Analysis and Discussion -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Part 3 Being a Teacher? -- Chapter 7 The Role of Higher Education in Teacher Education: A Reorientation Towards Ontology -- Introduction -- The Ontological Turn in Higher Education -- The Dialogic Event of Teacher Education -- Implications for The Being of Students and Teacher Educators in Higher Education -- Chapter 8 Cultivating Human Capabilities in Venturesome Learning Environments -- Introduction -- Venturesome Learning Environments and Their Domains of Relations -- The Possible and The Practical: Research on Learning Environments in a Policy Context -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Towards a Theory of Well-Being for Teachers -- Introduction -- What is Meant by 'Well-Being'? -- Challenges to Teachers' Well-Being -- What are The Elements of Well-Being for Teachers? -- Developing Self-Knowledge -- Reflection -- Well-Being and Professional Development -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Index -- EULA.
Abstract:
Philosophical Perspectives on Teacher Education presents a series of well-argued essays about the ethical considerations that should be addressed in teacher training and educational policies and practices. Brings together philosophical essays on an underserved yet urgent aspect of teacher education Explores the kinds of ethical considerations that should enter into discussions of a teacher's professional education Illuminates the knowledge and understanding that teachers need to sustain their careers and long-term sense of well being Represents an important resource to stimulate contemporary debates about what the future of teacher education should be.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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