Professional Support Beyond Initial Teacher Education

Pedagogical Discernment and the Influence of Out-of-Field Teaching Practices

Anna Elizabeth Du Plessis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

271 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-9721-9 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the professional learning needs of teachers beyond initial teacher education, focusing on teachers in complex teaching positions, such as out-of-field teaching practices. The information presented here will help to improve professional learning strategies, while also offering an in-depth understanding of teachers’ needs, leaders’ perceptions, and what complex teaching situations mean for teachers’ professional learning and development. Further, Du Plessis shares the perceptions and lived experiences of teachers, parents, leaders and students as key stakeholders in quality teaching and learning environments.

In light of new evidence-informed findings on the out-of-field phenomenon and continuing professional learning, Du Plessis puts forward strategies that will enhance the effectiveness of professional learning and development programs, while also fostering improved decision-making and policy development. In brief, Du Plessis focuses on the impact that complex teaching situations have on teachers’ unique needs, the support that is provided, and the influence of the out-of-field phenomenon on teachers’ responses to continuing professional learning and development programs.

Following a substantial career as an Education Practitioner, teaching across different international systems and curriculum frameworks, Anna Du Plessis made the decision to pursue a research career while teaching in part-time positions. She completed a Doctorate in Education Leadership in 2010, focusing on the implications of the out-of-field teaching phenomenon for professional development programmes, and entered academia full-time later in the same year to complete her PhD, which explored the lived meaning of out-of-field teaching practices for quality education, with a specific focus on educational leadership and teaching pedagogies.

Part I Introduction to Professional Support Considerations.- 1 Education Quality, ITE and Further Professional Support Cultivating Pedagogical Thoughtfulness.- 2 A Context-conscious Theoretical Framing of the Teaching Space.- 3 School Leaders and Professional Support: The Cannas Leadership Model.- 4 The 'Footprint' of Initial Teacher Education: Influencing the Workplace and Beyond.- Part II From ITE to the Workplace.- 5 The Meaning of Complex Teaching Contexts for Support Approaches.- 6 Organisational Culture's Impact on Professional Opportunities and Teaching Quality.- 7 Modalities of Professional Support and their Impact.- 8 The Way Forward.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.09.2019
Reihe/Serie	Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability
Zusatzinfo	18 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 271 p. 21 illus., 18 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Schlagworte	Effective classrooms • effective leadership • Effective teaching practices • Life-long learning attitudes • Need Analysis • out-of-field teaching practices • professional development • professional learning • Professional learning discourses • Professional standards for teachers • Quality Education • Quality teachers • School improvement strategies • Unsuitably qualified
ISBN-10	981-13-9721-X / 981139721X
ISBN-13	978-981-13-9721-9 / 9789811397219
Zustand	Neuware