Professional Support Beyond Initial Teacher Education Pedagogical Discernment and the Influence of Out-of-Field Teaching Practices /

• Main Author: Du Plessis, Anna Elizabeth (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability,
• Subjects: Teaching.; Professional education.; Vocational education.; Learning.; Instruction.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Policy and Politics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.