Developing Critical Professional Practice in Education - Softcover

Appleby, Yvonn; Pilkington, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862016550 ISBN 13: 9781862016552

Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2013

Synopsis

What does it mean to be a professional in education and in other sectors where education is a focus? How can professional development techniques be implemented in a variety of settings to the best effect? Over the last decade, many shifts in individual professional identity and sector requirements in education have been evident. This book engages with current debates and presents a new model - critical professional development - involving several new concepts which are mapped clearly to practice and covering the necessary techniques and approaches. Key organizational challenges and possibilities in implementation are highlighted. In outlining the new model, the book discusses the theories and perspectives of critical professional development, from educational policy to practice. Case studies from a range of education sectors convey unique and richly textured examples of successful professional practice, providing strong links between teaching and learning and professional development, with approaches that can be widely adopted and applied in different settings. *** The text as a whole is starkly realistic, scholarly, and pragmatic rather than idealistic. As the authors concede, the definition of critical professionalism does not contain any original components; however, it is original in its holistic and practical conceptualization of professionalism in higher education...The theory proposed in this volume has wide applicability, and is worthwhile in the fields of theology and religion." - Reflective Teaching, Wabash Center, June 2015Ë[Subject: Educational Studies, Professional Development]

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About the Author

Yvon Appleby has a wide experience of teaching, researching and writing in the adult education sector and in further and higher education. Previously a research fellow at Lancaster Literacy Research Centre, she was more recently a senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. She is now a freelance consultant. Ruth Pilkington is an experienced academic developer with national profiles in employability, professional development, and using dialogue for assessing professional standards in HE. She has designed a range of programmes for HE lecturers e.g. PG Certificates, Masters in Education and Professional Doctorate. Until recently, she was a Principal Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire where she led teaching and learning within the School of Education and Social Sciences. She is now a freelance consultant.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862016550
• ISBN 13: 9781862016552
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208