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Teachers as researchers : models of professional learning

Wells, Muriel 2011, Teachers as researchers : models of professional learning, in Practitioner research in teacher education : theory and best practices, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Berlin, Germany, pp.1-21.

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Title Teachers as researchers : models of professional learning
Author(s) Wells, Muriel
Title of book Practitioner research in teacher education : theory and best practices
Editor(s) Saleh, Issa M.
Khine, Myint Swe
Publication date 2011
Chapter number 6
Total chapters 17
Start page 1
End page 21
Total pages 21
Publisher Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Place of Publication Berlin, Germany
Summary Supporting Teachers As Researchers (STAR) was an investigation into how teachers’ professional learning might be enhanced by positioning teachers as practitioner researchers and professionals who are capable of generating change within their local educational context. The chapter presents a model of professional learning in which teachers were given space to bring renewable professional knowledge to their work as practicing teachers. Within this chapter a teacher story is used to show how teachers designed research questions, gathered evidence about their teaching and used this evidence to inform their practice. The teacher story presents the realities of everyday teaching. The elements that contribute to the overall effectiveness of this model of are presented to contribute to the debate surrounding the char-acteristics of effective professional learning.
ISBN 9783631603284
Language eng
Field of Research 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Socio Economic Objective 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development
HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter
Copyright notice ©2011, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033744

Document type: Book Chapter
Collection: School of Education
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