This book connects the dilemmas educators experience in daily practice with key theories, research and policy about democracy, ethics, and equity in education. The authors explore the complex nature of the problems that face practicing teachers and the realistic actions that can be taken to address them.
Autorentext
Silvia Edling is a Professor and excellent teacher at the Academy of Education and Business Studies at University of Gävle, Sweden, and specializes in questions concerning democracy, teacher professionalism, ethics, justice and rights in education and higher education.
Geraldine Mooney Simmie is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the School of Education, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, where she lectures in Policy Studies. Her research interest is in emancipatory teaching and research, teacher professional learning, ethics, social justice and how education intersects with democracy.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1: Democracy and Teacher Education: Dilemmas, Challenges and Possibilities: an Introduction
Chapter 2: Historical Background
Chapter 3: The Policy Cycle
Chapter 4: Teacher Professionalism and Democracy
Chapter 5: Knowledge and Democracy
Chapter 6: Darwinian Strength
Chapter 7: Teacher Reflexivity
Chapter 8: Teachers' Democratic Assignment
Index