Reflective Practices and Professional Development in Teaching

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Continuous professional development and code of conduct of teaching profession. 3. Reflective process: practice and philosophy. 4. Reflection: some models and perspectives. 5. A teacher’s struggle. 6. Knowing about knowing. 7. Knowledge base for continuous professional development. 8. Reflective practice: process and journal writing. 9. Diary writing: a tool for professional development. 10. Continuous professional development through teachers’ research. 11. Metacognition and reflective practices. 12. Professional development and the learner centered school: paradigm shifts in professional development. 13. Reflective teaching. 14. Mentoring and continuous professional development. 15. Benefits and challenges of reflective practices. References. Index. Though there are many theories and perspectives to explain Continuous Professional Development (CPD), yet the question of product and process has always been a concern. This book provides enough space to develop a comprehensive and critical perspective about CPD with the help of various field-based studies. It may help teachers not only to change their perspectives and ideas towards teaching as a profession and their own professional growth, but also to make sense of what is knowledge, how children construct it and perceive others’ knowledge. Different issues related to theoretical and practical aspects of CPD are included. It provides a broad framework to deal with such issues within the school system. The book may be an asset for the in-service teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher-educators and policy makers who wish to develop as a reflective practitioner.…