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A Companion to Research in Teacher EducationDeveloping the Thoughtful Practitioner

A Companion to Research in Teacher Education: Developing the Thoughtful Practitioner [The concept of the ‘reflective practitioner’ is strongly promoted in teacher education. Beginning teachers, however, are rarely supported in developing towards this ideal in any systematic way. In this chapter, Hannah Arendt’s work on ‘enlarged thought’, drawn from her reading of Kant on judgement, is deployed as a means of exploring how beginning teachers can develop the resources to enable reflection to be conducted on the basis of a much more robust theoretical underpinning. The chapter concludes with some practical suggestions about the range of sources to which beginning teachers could be encouraged to refer when engaging in reflection on their own practice and when making professional decisions.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Companion to Research in Teacher EducationDeveloping the Thoughtful Practitioner

Editors: Peters, Michael A.; Cowie, Bronwen; Menter, Ian
Gillies, Donald
Springer Journals — May 3, 2017
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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
ISBN
978-981-10-4073-3
Pages
23 –35
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7_2
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Abstract

[The concept of the ‘reflective practitioner’ is strongly promoted in teacher education. Beginning teachers, however, are rarely supported in developing towards this ideal in any systematic way. In this chapter, Hannah Arendt’s work on ‘enlarged thought’, drawn from her reading of Kant on judgement, is deployed as a means of exploring how beginning teachers can develop the resources to enable reflection to be conducted on the basis of a much more robust theoretical underpinning. The chapter concludes with some practical suggestions about the range of sources to which beginning teachers could be encouraged to refer when engaging in reflection on their own practice and when making professional decisions.]

Published: May 3, 2017

Keywords: Teacher Education; Practical Wisdom; Reflective Practice; Initial Teacher Education; Reflective Practitioner

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