Postgraduate programmes as platform : : a research-led approach / / edited by Jacqueline van Swet, Petra Ponte and Ben Smit.

• TeilnehmendeR: Swet, J. van 1953-; Ponte, P. 1951-; Smit, B. 1958-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Typical of postgraduate courses for experienced teachers is the wealth of professional experience that the students bring with them. Such students can examine their own practice, for which they are fully responsible. Postgraduate programmes are, therefore, challenged to create a flexible and research-led infrastructure that can respond to developments in the educational field and relate these developments to educational, philosophical, conceptual, and moral issues. Through the creation of a platform for such activities, the professional development of postgraduate students can be enriched. Authors from diverse backgrounds address important aspects of the platform, such as the relation between tutors and students; teachers’ professional identity; the voice of pupils; the characteristics of teachers’ workplace of the participating professionals; the relationship between action research and teacher leadership. This book offers inspiring and thought-provoking ideas to all involved in postgraduate programmes in teacher education: teacher educators, policy-makers, researchers, administrators, and schools collaborating with staff of postgraduate courses and their students. The book is an initiative of the Research Group ‘Interactive Professionalism and Knowledge Development’ at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Department of Inclusive and Special Education, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jacqueline van Swet , Petra Ponte and Ben Smit -- A platform for joint international cooperation / Jacqueline van Swet , Petra Ponte and Ben Smit -- Postgraduate education as platform / Petra Ponte -- Interactive knowledge-construction at master's level / Jacqueline van Swet -- Supporting the accreditation of experiential learning (APEL) as part of master's level study / Christine Lloyd -- Whose disability? Learning from life story works / Jan Šiška and Barbara H Vann -- Building professional identities on the platform / Kara Vloet -- Establishing a collaborative community to support teachers’ professional identities / Brenda M Capobianco -- Capturing the multidimensionality of teacher professionalism / Geert Kelchtermans -- Making the road by walking and talking / Michal Zellermayer -- Enabling students to have a voice / Jos Kienhuis -- Making space for others on the platform / Kristine Needham -- Hearing their voices / Jean S. Peterson -- The course as a platform needs fertile ground in the organisation / Hans van Huijgevoort -- Critical factors for conducting and sustaining Action Learning as a professional learning tool in the school workplace / Robyn Ann Ewing -- Developing the platform with postgraduate researchers / Jan Robertson and Mary Hill -- Action research in the school context / Karel Smeets -- Action research and pedagogical decision-making / Kyla L. Wahlstrom -- Curriculum-based Measurement with Action Research / Christine A. Espin -- Translating and transgressing the metaphor / Susan Groundwater-Smith and Bridget Somekh -- About The Authors / Petra Ponte and Ben Smit.