Goodson, Ivor.

Professional knowledge, professional lives : studies in education and change / Ivor F. Goodson. - Maidenhead, Berkshire ; Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2003. - xviii, 153 p. ; 23 cm. - Professional learning . - Professional learning. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-143) and index.

Part 1 -- Introduction: forms of professional knowledge -- Education as a practical matter -- Representing teachers: bringing teachers back in -- 'The story so far' : personal knowledge and the political -- Developing life and work histories of teachers -- Part 2 -- Introduction : studying educational change -- The personality of change -- Personal missions and professional development -- Social histories of educational change -- The educational researcher as a public intellectual -- Educational change and the crisis of professionalism -- Bibliography -- Index.

Ivor Goodson gives an examination of the state of professional knowledge in teaching and teacher education. It argues that a more active notion of teachers' professional knowledge can, and should, be explored and consolidated by work which focuses on theteacher's life and work using more reflective modes.

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Teaching.
Educational change.
Teachers--Training of.

LB1775 / .G66 2003

371.102