1st Edition

Teachers As Mentors A Practical Guide

Edited By Barbara Field, Terry Field Copyright 1994
    172 Pages
    by Routledge

    171 Pages
    by Routledge

    School-based teacher education is being implemented and this book explores the changing role and function of the supervisory teacher in the classroom.; The ramifications of the changes to pre-service teacher training are enormous. The staffing of some parts of universities will be affected dramatically; the distribution of funds will change; the tasks of many teachers in school will be different as they find themselves becoming teacher educators rather than supervisors in their new role as mentors. In this highly readable book, the Fields, through a series of case studies, drawn from the UK and Australia, focus on the changing roles and responsibilities of those central to the preparation of the next generation of teachers.; Chapters consider the overall effect that mentoring will have on the teaching profession. The book looks at the skills required by teachers and, in particular, the beginning teacher; the experiences of teachers in-training undergoing education programmes; teachers' supervisory roles; and how universities will be affected by the changes.; Practical guidance is given for teachers becoming mentors and how mentoring can lead to professional development and as a way forward in teachers' careers.

    The skills and competencies of beginning teachers, Barbara Field; towards understanding the lived experience of practising student teachers, Barbara Field; the past role of the teacher - supervision as socialization, Barbara Field; the new role of the teacher - mentoring, Barbara Field; towards empowerment - an approach to school-based mentoring, David Reid; towards more school-based initial teacher education, Chris Kellett; integrating theory and practice in teacher education - the UEA model of action-research based teacher education, Chris Husbands; the mentoring scheme of Warwick University and its school partners - one year one, Martin Robinson.

    Biography

    Terry Field, Barbara Field