Caroline Walker-Gleaves

Invisible Threads of Pedagogic Care

A study of ''caring'' academics and their work within a UK university

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Why is it that some university teachers seem to make a life-changing contribution to the education of their students? What motivates some teachers to care about their students and their work, even in the most difficult circumstances? Invisible Threads of Pedagogic Care tackles these questions, and provides a rich insight into the minds and lives of a group of university academics who appear to be compelled to care. This work uses autobiographical and phenomenological methods to examine the origins of caring beliefs about teaching and uses these to provide insights into how caring teachers may enhance students'' learning. The study contributes… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-8383-6835-1
EAN: 9783838368351
Produktnummer: 37835742
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 204 S.
Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.2 cm 322 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 322

Über den Autor

Caroline Walker-Gleaves is Senior Lecturer in Special Education and Inclusion in the School of Education at Durham University, UK. Her research asks whether autobiographical and narrative approaches to teacher education can help to prepare more caring teachers, ones whose practices are characterized by complex reflection and relational fidelity.