Online Learning Networks for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers

• Main Authors: Kelly, Nick (Author), Clarà, Marc (Author), Kehrwald, Benjamin (Author), Danaher, Patrick Alan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Teaching.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Technology and Digital Education.; Educational Technology.

How can we improve support for teachers as they negotiate the pathways into the profession? This books highlights how strong networks of connections with other teachers and with resources have been shown to make a big difference. Online learning networks are one way to help pre-service and early car...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Supporting Teachers as a Wicked Problem
• Chapter 3. Characterising Communities of Teachers
• Chapter 4. developing Teacher Knowledge and Reflection
• Chapter 5. Presence, Identity and Learning in Online Learning Communities
• Chapter 6. Analysing Learning Networks of Pre-service and Early Career Teachers
• Chapter 7. Developing a Learning Network for Pre-service and Early Career Teachers
• Chapter 8. Designing and Evaluating Online Networks of Teachers
• Chapter 9. Conclusions.