This text provides a unique and contemporary overview of teaching and learning in Aotearoa, New Zealand and will be relevant to teachers across the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This updated third edition comprises fifteen chapters that address a broad range of themes and issues, including the practical challenges of teaching and learning, understanding curriculum and appreciating the broader social, historical and political contexts of education. It provides comprehensive national and international pedagogical knowledge that is important for both pre-service and in-service teacher education.
Every chapter in this fifth edition has been updated to exemplify the latest research and align with the current New Zealand context.
With its clear definition of the elements of good teaching, the framework for teaching, designed by Charlotte Danielson, is used by educators around the world for professional preparation, recruitment and hiring, mentoring and induction, ...
In addressing these questions, this book offers not only a new statement in the philosophy of teaching but also an important advance in professional ethics.
The book is key reading for teacher educators, policy makers and researchers with an interest in teachers’ professional development and practice.
Ready-to-use forms and instruments offer sound advice and step-by-step procedures for how teachers and other school staff can incorporate the framework for professional practice into their work.
"Recent legislation has signalled the government's determination to redefine the role of teachers: their status, autonomy and professional knowledge are under review." "This challenging book addresses these important topical issues...
To improve, they need to change their behavior—start doing what they're not doing—before they can sharpen their professional judgment. Because this is a relatively simple change to make, it can happen quickly. It's important not to get ...
Teacher Education for Ethical Professional Practice in the 21st Century is an authoritative reference work for the latest scholarly research on the emerging use of technology in the educational system.
Comprehensive, clear, and applicable to teaching across the K-12 spectrum, the framework for teaching described in this book is based on the PRAXIS III: Classroom Performance Assessment criteria developed by Educational Testing Service and ...
... R., 18 hard work of change, 9–10 leadership and, 40 student learning and, 52–54 Hargreaves, Andy, 17–18 Holtschlag, Margaret, 3–4 homework policies, 70–71 humility in leadership, 37–38 Hunter, Madeline, 98 initiative in leadership, ...