Writing as a Method for the Self-Study of Practice (Hardcover)

Julian Kitchen

ISBN 10: 9811624976 / ISBN 13: 9789811624971

Published by Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore, 2021

Hardcover. This book focuses on the writing process in the self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. It addresses writing as an area in which teacher educators can develop their skills and represents how to write in ways that are compatible with self-study's orientations towards the inquiry, both personal and on practice.The book examines effective self-study writing with chapters written by experienced self-study practitioners. In addition to considering elements of writing as a method for the self-study of practice, it delves into the cognitive processes of real writers making explicit their writing practices. Practical suggestions are connected to the lived experiences of self-study practitioners making sense of their field through the process of writing. This book will be of interest to doctoral and novice self-study writers, and experienced authors seeking to develop their practice. It demonstrates that writing as a method of inquiry in self-study and beyond can be learned, modeled and taught. It addresses writing as an area in which teacher educators can develop their skills and represents how to write in ways that are compatible with self-study's orientations towards the inquiry, both personal and on practice.The book examines effective self-study writing with chapters written by experienced self-study practitioners. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9789811624971

Synopsis:

This book focuses on the writing process in the self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. It addresses writing as an area in which teacher educators can develop their skills and represents how to write in ways that are compatible with self-study's orientations towards the inquiry, both personal and on practice.

The book examines effective self-study writing with chapters written by experienced self-study practitioners. In addition to considering elements of writing as a method for the self-study of practice, it delves into the cognitive processes of real writers making explicit their writing practices. Practical suggestions are connected to the lived experiences of self-study practitioners making sense of their field through the process of writing. This book will be of interest to doctoral and novice self-study writers, and experienced authors seeking to develop their practice. It demonstrates that writing as a method of inquiry in self-study and beyond can be learned, modeled and taught.

About the Author: Julian Kitchen has been involved in teacher education scholarship for 20 years. He has published extensively in teacher education, including several articles in Studying Teacher Education, chapters in Springer and Sense volumes, and chapters in International Handbook of Teacher Education. the Handbook of Social Interventions in Education, and the Handbook of Canadian Teacher Education Research: Initial Teacher Education (CATE). Professor Kitchen is the lead editor of the International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices, Second Edition (Springer). Also, he is editor of Narrative Inquiries into Curriculum-making in Teacher Education, Canadian Perspectives on the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Self-Study and Diversity II: Inclusive Teacher Education for a Changing World, and Mindful and Relational Approaches to Social Justice Equity and Diversity in Teacher Education. He is also the author of Relational Teacher Education and Professionalism, Lawand the Ontario Educator (now in 2nd edition). He is currently co-editor of the journal Studying Teacher Education. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: Writing as a Method for the Self-Study of ...
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new