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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786915603321

Autore

Ellis Viv <1965->

Titolo

Subject knowledge and teacher education : the development of beginning teachers' thinking / / Viv Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

©2009

ISBN

1-4411-1901-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in education

Disciplina

370.7/1

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of - England

Teachers - Attitudes

Teachers - Psychology

English teachers - England - Attitudes

English teachers - England - Psychology

Knowledge, Theory of

Knowledge, Sociology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Working on and being worked on: developing knowledge in practice; 3 Know, understand and be able to do: professionalizing knowledge; 4 Culture, activity, agent: designing the research; 5 Ann: thinking about the subject knowledge of English; 6 Grace: thinking about the subject knowledge of English; 7 Liz: thinking about the subject knowledge of English; 8 Personal trajectories of participation: interpreting beginning teachers'' development

9 From ''making little ticks'' to building professional communities: some implications for teacher educationNotes; References; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; S; Appendix A: The progression of questioning foci across the three interview schedules; Appendix B: A note on transcription

Sommario/riassunto

Teachers'' knowledge of the subjects they teach has been of enduring interest to governments, the profession and the wider society. In this book, Viv Ellis traces the development of three beginning teachers



thinking about their subject knowledge in the context of Standards-based teacher education and the practice of auditing student teachers'' subject knowledge. Ellis puts forward a theory of subject knowledge development that moves on from the objectivist and individualistic epistemologies associated with Standards and the practices of auditing to more a contextualist and sociocultural under