Teaching about teaching : purpose, passion and pedagogy in teacher education

Considers teacher education as an important aspects of the teaching profession and demonstrates why it is so important for higher education institutions to value their teacher educators' professional knowledge. The book demonstrates how teaching about teaching knowledge pedagogy is vital to the development of quality in teacher education and how this knowledge needs to be articulated and communicated throughout the teaching profession, both in schools and universities.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
Introduction Introduction	p. 1
1 An Introduction to Purpose, Passion and Pedagogy	p. 3
References	p. 9
Section 1 Principles and Practices Which Shape Teaching about Teaching	p. 11
2 Practicing Theory and Theorizing Practice in Teacher Education	p. 13
References	p. 30
3 Teaching Teachers: How I Teach Is the Message	p. 32
4 Teacher Education as a Process of Developing Teacher Knowledge	p. 48
5 Teaching about Teaching: Principles and Practice	p. 57
References	p. 69
Section 2 Challenges in Teaching and Learning about Teaching	p. 71
6 Teaching Teachers for the Challenge of Change	p. 73
7 Learning to Teach Prospective Teachers to Teach Mathematics: The Struggles of a Beginning Teacher Educator	p. 95
8 Teaching and Learning in Teacher Education: Who Is Carrying the Ball?	p. 117
Section 3 Rethinking Teacher Educators' Roles and Practice	p. 131
9 Learning about Learning in the Context of a Science Methods Course	p. 133
10 Teaching to Teach with Purpose and Passion: Pedagogy for Reflective Practice	p. 150
11 Advisor as Coach	p. 164
Section 4 Conversations about Teacher Education	p. 181
12 Obligations to Unseen Children	p. 183
13 Storming through Teacher Education: Talk about Summerfest	p. 210
References	p. 225
Section 5 Conclusion	p. 227
14 Becoming Passionate about Teacher Education	p. 229
Notes on Contributors	p. 236
Author Index	p. 239
Subject Index	p. 241

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