Archive forAugust, 2009

Aug

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What’s going on?

August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I am well and truly back at school – buried up to my neck in meetings and cleaning up. I have taken up the challenge of throwing away all the old, dusty, irrelevant teaching materials. It is an enormous job but it is almost finished. As for my PhD, I have committed myself to having [...]

Aug

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Private readings in public : schooling the literary imagination by Dennis Sumara

August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

One of the books GP introduced me to while I was in Melbourne was: Private readings in public : schooling the literary imagination by Dennis Sumara. I want to start with some short quotes in which Sumara describes the research process. I found this first chapter of the book very reassuring – I will attempt [...]

Aug

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More to look up…

August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Reframing Professional Development Through Understanding Authentic Professional Learning Author: Webster-Wright Ann Source: Review of Educational Research. June 2009, Volume 79, No. 2    

Aug

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Look it up…

August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

http://itec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=1313 Professional Self-Understanding as Expertise in Teaching about Teaching Author: Berry Amanda Source: Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, Volume 15, Issue 2 (April 2009) , pages 305 – 318. Building a 21st century schools system, UK white paper – http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/21st_Century_Schools.pdf  June 2009 ding a 21st century schools system, UK white paperour child, your schools, [...]

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Some of the Books I Read While in Melbourne

August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

1. Opening the Classroom Door: Teacher, Researcher, Learner. John Loughran & Jeff Northfield. 1996. The Falmer Press, London. I should reread: Chapter 11: Implications for Teaching and Learning, p. 121-132 and chapter 12: Some Final Relflections,  p. 133-140. 2. Teachers who Teach Teachers: Reflections on Teacher Education. Tom Russell & Fred Korthagen (Eds.). 1995. The [...]