Teacher Thinking, Beliefs and Knowledge in Higher Education

Teacher Thinking, Beliefs and Knowledge in Higher Education
Author: N. Hativa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9401005931

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This volume addresses the important problem of understanding good university teaching, and focuses on the thinking, beliefs, and knowledge, which accompany teachers' actions. It is the first book to address this area and it promises to become a landmark volume in the field - helping us to understand a complex area of human activity and improve both teaching and learning. It is for education researchers, staff/faculty developers and educational developers.

Educated

Educated
Author: Tara Westover
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 039959051X

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library

Research on Teacher Thinking

Research on Teacher Thinking
Author: James Calderhead
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415698820

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This is a companion volume to the editors' Insights into Teachers' Thinking and Practice (Falmer Press, 1999) and seeks to carry the discussion on further illustrating that there is a continuing intensity of thought, activity and debate on how to conceptualise research on teacher thinking, and thus generate knowledge for further understanding and action. The ethical questions on undertaking research on the inner lives of teachers remain unresolved. The international team present chapters which investigate the relationship between the researcher and the researched, and the relevance and role of research in teacher development. The papers are not presented as 'best practice' for such definitions would be inevitably value laden. Rather, they are indications and anticipations of key areas for the development of understanding of teachers' thinking and actions in the 1990s.

Teacher Beliefs and Classroom Performance

Teacher Beliefs and Classroom Performance
Author: James Raths
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1607529653

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This volume of Advances in Teacher Education is about beliefs held by teachers and addresses the important topic of teacher beliefs from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Most of the authors who have contributed to this collection of essays assume that beliefs are propositions that are felt to be true by the person embracing them, but that do not necessarily rest on the kind of evidence that justifies the use of the term “knowledge.” Teacher beliefs are an important topic because it is hypothesized that teachers and teacher candidates use them to shape the information they receive from formal teacher preparation and to direct subsequent decision-making in the classroom.

The Meaning of Learning and Knowing

The Meaning of Learning and Knowing
Author: Erik Jan van Rossum
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9460912532

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The Meaning of Learning and Knowing, co-authored by Erik Jan van Rossum and Rebecca Hamer, brings together empirical studies on epistemology, student thinking, teacher thinking, educational policy and staff development forging a solid and practical foundation for educational innovation.

Teacher Thinking

Teacher Thinking
Author: Freema Elbaz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2018-10-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429846231

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Originally published in 1983. A broad examination of the ways in which teachers gain and use knowledge about their work is presented in this book. At the time, within curriculum studies, there was a developing greater understanding of the major role that teachers play in the implementation of materials within the classroom - as autonomous agents holding, using and creating knowledge of particular kinds which informs all of their work. This book presents a case study using retrospective interviews with a high school English teacher. Through analysis of this series of interviews, this study describes and outlines the structure of the knowledge she uses and the views she has of her concerns.

A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Author: Heather Fry
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2008-12-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134109105

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First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Teaching for Effective Learning in Higher Education

Teaching for Effective Learning in Higher Education
Author: N. Hativa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9401009023

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This book identifies strategies that are consistently associated with good teaching and presents them within a theoretical framework that explains how they promote students' active and meaningful learning. The book promotes teachers' pedagogical knowledge and their perception of teaching as scholarly, intellectual work, and provides extensive practical advice.

Reflection and the College Teacher

Reflection and the College Teacher
Author: Rachel Wlodarsky
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1623964717

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Higher education is facing many challenges, not least of which is retaining excellent faculty and cultivating their continued professional growth. This book explicitly ties the literature to the practical concerns and recommendations related to applying the reflective process in a college setting. In this way, the theories and empirical findings of the most recent literatures are linked to practical recommendations. The reflective tools described in this book provide an important resource for facultys’ reflective practice. Unlike other books on the topic, the model developed and presented in this book allows for the reflective process to validate faculty's previous actions or accomplishments and maintain these practices. In other words, the endpoint of reflective process supports self-satisfaction. Instead of a deficit model, the focus is development. In this comprehensive volume, readers discover the seminal and the recent research in reflective practice drawn from a wide range of sources, including the authors’ recent research findings on college teachers’ reflection. Altogether, Wlodarsky and Walters systematically address these critical questions: a. What is reflection? b. Of what practical use or benefit does reflection serve? c. How do college teachers model reflection in the workplace? d. What are the steps in the reflective process? e. How can the reflective process be harnessed for program improvement in the college setting and in individual faculty practices? Wlodarsky and Walters understand and address the real needs of college teachers today. They created not only a thorough academic book, but also a compelling, relevant read. Specifically, they designed the chapters to include scenarios—developed from interview transcripts with college teachers. These stories powerfully contextualize the types of problems and tensions which surround the professional work environment of a college campus and the roles of the college teacher.