Critical Incidents in Teaching (Classic Edition): Developing professional judgement

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Routledge, Oct 27, 2011 - Education - 192 pages
What are theinstincts of a good teacher? Can they be taught? Good teachers use good techniques and routines, but techniques and routines alone do not produce good teaching. The real art of teaching lies in teachers' professional judgement because in teaching there is seldom one "right answer". This combination of experience, flexibility, informe
 

Contents

Preface
List
teaching and research
The role of this
creating critical incidents
Four approaches Introduction to the analysis of incidents
Ideology critique in the analysis of critical incidents
Anexample of a critical incident file Introduction Acritical incident file
Autobiographical incidents and classroom practice
9Critical incidentsand professional judgement
Conclusion
Theimportance of who we
Notes
Socially critical action and analysis
Select bibliography Index

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David Tripp retired from his full-time position in the School of Education, Murdoch University, Western Australia in 2007, and is now consulting in action inquiry processes in professional and organizational change and development. With a background in Secondary teaching and a Cambridge doctorate, David has published widely in the field of teacher education, professional development, and qualitative research, has been an expert witness at two Australian government inquiries, lectured and held visiting positions in a number of countries from the UK to Mongolia, Canada to Singapore, and is an Associate Editor of the Educational Action Research Journal.

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