Examining the Phenomenon of "Teaching Out-of-field" International Perspectives on Teaching as a Non-specialist /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hobbs, Linda (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Törner, Günter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Teaching.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Learning.; Instruction.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

This book identifies and surveys the major themes around 'out-of-field teaching', that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization. This has been an issue in many countries for some time, yet until recently there has been little formal research and poor policy responses t...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Teaching out-of-field as a world-wide phenomenon: Defining and understanding a contextualized issue
• Chapter 1 Teaching out-of-field as a phenomenon and research problem
• 2 Measuring out-of-field teaching
• 3 Teaching out-of-field internationally
• Part II. The Complexity of the teaching out-of-field phenomenon
• 4 Examining the complexity of the out-of-field teacher experience through multiple theoretical lenses
• 5 Teacher professional competence: What can be learned about the knowledge and practices needed for teaching?
• 6 Subject specific demands of teaching: Implications for out-of-field teachers
• 7 Out-of-field teaching affecting students and learning: What is known and unknown
• Part III Confronting dilemmas and addressing the issues of teaching out-of-field
• 8 Attending to out-of-field teaching: Implications of and for education policy
• 9 The out-of-field teacher in context: The impact of the school context and environment
• 10 Initial teacher education: Roles and possibilities for preparing capable teachers
• 11 Teacher learning and continuous professional development
• 12 The out-of-field phenomenon: Synthesis and taking action.