Practical Theorising in Teacher Education

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<P>This insightful collection offers a timely contribution to the body of research on practical theorising in teacher education. Acknowledging the importance of experience and reflective practice in teaching, this book simultaneously embraces the essential need for teachers at all career stages to engage effectively and critically with evidence from research.</P><P>Drawing together a range of perspectives from university-based and school-based teacher educators, this book examines the challenges and critiques advanced when practical theorising was first proposed, as well as recent tensions created by the performative culture that now pervades education. It illustrates the constant renegotiation and renewal necessary to sustain such an approach to beginners'' learning, investigating a range of tools developed by teacher educators to help beginning teachers navigate these demands.</P><P>Demonstrating the value of practical theorising and therefore promoting powerful professional learning