"This book examines what it means to be present in one's teaching- how to mentally and emotionally connect to your students, your classroom, and your teaching. The author outlines the structure of reflection, its intentional practice, and its importance to presence. Rodgers also provides a detailed outline for teaching presence to new and preservice teachers"--
Just as successful athletes must identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers.
"This text is an intriguing alternative to the steady diet of ′how to′ texts that dominate educational readings." –Ranae Stetson, Texas Christian University "At a time when critical-reflective teaching is constantly in jeopardy, John ...
REFLECTIVE CONTEXTS: PEER TEACHING AND DRAMA The power of educational drama to enhance learning; modify student behavior; ... The Australian research, Cooling Conflict, has been continuously funded by the Australian Research Council for ...
This volume presents a mix of translations of classical and modern papers from the German Didaktik tradition, newly prepared essays by German scholars and practitioners writing from within the tradition, and interpretive essays by U.S. ...
Aimed at museum educators, Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today seeks to marry museum and multicultural education theories.
If you have been practicing your vocation without critical reflection, this book is for you.
;The book examines these areas of knowledge and how they contribute to reflective planning, teaching, and research.
Filled with practical tools and expert insight, this volume helps facilitate a journey of constructive self-critique.
Most important, special education in Finland is for all students, based on the assumption that at some points in our lives all of us need support and help to move forward. First, in Finland, special education is defined primarily as ...
This book explains a process of reflective artmaking through which issues of teaching practice are explored.