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Explores the development of teachers'professional knowledge.
This book explores several aspects of learning from experience as reported by retired teachers: the nature of teachers' memories, the structure of teachers' narratives, and the manner in which teachers transform concrete experiences into practical wisdom. Teachers, like other professional practitioners, learn from their experiences, which shape the wisdom of practice enacted in classrooms. Memory of professional events is conceived as providing the basis for the construction of the personal professional knowledge of teachers. The book provides insights into the nature of human memories in a professional context.
"I was intrigued by the author's bringing important research outside of education (memory research and script theory) to bear on the experience of teachers, which I think is important to the field of education." — Mary E. Diez, Alverno College
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Memory of Events and the Practice of Teaching
2. The Content of Teachers' Memories
3. The Impact of Teaching Situations on Teachers' Memories
4. Scripts in Teachers' Memories
5. What Do the Stories Tell Us? Learning about Teachers and Teaching
6. Stories, Stories: The Tales of Teachers' Memories
7. Experience, Professional Knowledge, and Memory of Events
8. Learning from Experience: The Teachers' View
9. Context-Specific Memories of Teachers and Learning from Experience: Some Conclusions
10. Teachers' Memories: Implications for Teacher Education and School Administration
Appendix. Design of the Study on Memory of Professional Events
References
Index