Teachers as Learners: Critical Discourse on Challenges and Opportunities (Hardcover, 2010)

Contents.-List of Abbrevations.-List of Tables.-List of Figures.-Foreword.-Gaalen ERICKSON.-Introduction.-Ora Kwo.-Research Stances on Learning and Teaching.-Research and Teacher Learning: Taking an Inquiry Stance.-Marilyn COCHRAN-SMITH & Kelly DEMERS.-Telling Stories: Understanding Teachers' Identity in a Context.-of Curriculum Innovation.-YING Dan-Jun, Issa, HUANG Ai-Feng & ZHENG Zhi-Lian.-Understanding Korean Children's L2 Dialogue Journals:.-Towards a Model of Creative Apprenticeship for Integrating.-Teachers and Learning KIM Mi-Song.-Teaching about Indigenous Forms of Knowledge:.-Insights from Non- Indigenous Teachers of Visual Arts.-Education in New Zealand.-Jill Smith.-Initial Teacher Education.-Mediating Inquiry: Using Videos of Exemplary Teaching in.-Pre-service Teachers Education CHENG Man-Wai, WONG SIU-Ling, YUNG Hin-Wai, Benyy & Derek HODSON.-Working and Learning Under Pressure: Reflexivity on Teacher Experience and Development.- Alex MOORE.- From SET to STELT: Seeking the Meaning of Learning as a Community for Curriculum Development.-Ora KWO.-Continuing Professional Development.-Lost in Translation: Mentors Learning to Participate in Competing Discourse of Practice.-Lily ORLAND-BARAK.-The Role of the Headteacher in Teachers' Continuing.-Professional Development.-Michael AIELLO & Kevin WATSON.-Mentoring as a Key Strategy in the Development of a Community of Reflective Practitioners in Tertiary Education.-Ruth GORINSKI , Cath FRASER & Lyn AYO.- Policy Concerns for the Teaching Profession.-Lessons on Reform: A Story of Teaching as Lived Practice.-Warren Mark LIEW.-Professional Standards: A Context for Teachers as Learners.- In Victorian Schools .-Geoff EMMETT.-Professional Education for Teachers: Lessons from Other .-Professions .-Robert J. Yinger .-Conclusion.-Teachers as Learners: A Moral Commitment .-Ora KWO.-Notes on the Authors.-Index.