Overview
- This is the first book that relates how out-of-field teachers’ real-life experiences impact, transform and inform leadership styles, the teaching workforce and quality of education.
- The book confronts an often-overlooked teaching phenomenon that has significant meaning for the quality of the teaching workforce and stability in the workplace.
- The book offers the first extended transnational evidence-based information of the implications the out-of-field phenomenon has for teacher and student performance, achievements and outcomes teaching and learning environment.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Society perceives the role of school leaders as ‘fixers’. Yet the author poses some confronting questions: can they fix or manage the out-of-field phenomenon without having in-depth knowledge and understanding? Can educators teach the next generation of teachers and school leaders without appreciating the realities of the workplace? Can policymakers develop effective policies without a deeper understanding of the workforce issues that influence quality education beyond the obvious issues?
Many dilemmas face today’s teaching workforce and workplaces. The book takes the reader on a journey as experienced in real life by teachers and school leaders. It aims an extreme global focus on the quality of education and on governments’ achievements in providing opportunities to prepare the next generation of students for their future.
The author’s assessment exposes more concerns than assurances.
Anna du Plessis’ academic career includes more than 25 years of classroom experience across three countries. Her journey in leadership positions started during her fourth year of teaching. Her compassion for teachers, school leaders and students stimulated a search for a deeper understanding of the lifeworld and challenges facing educational practitioners.
The objective in this book is to share information that will improve education systems, strategies, decisions, policies and actions. Readers of this book might be parents, student teachers, prospective school leaders, educational directors, policymakers or teacher educators.
Only knowing and understanding can inform well-directed decisions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Out-of-Field Teaching Practices
Book Subtitle: What Educational Leaders Need to Know
Authors: Anna Elizabeth du Plessis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-953-9
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-953-9Published: 17 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CXCIV, 16
Topics: Education, general