Professional knowledge in music teacher education
The complexity of the various forms of knowledge and practices that are encountered by teachers, university lecturers, teacher trainers, student teachers, policy makers and researchers, demands careful thought and reflection. This book focuses on how knowledge is understood, wha…
Professional knowledge in music teacher education
Internationally renowned contributors address a number of fundamental questions designed to take the reader to the heart of current debates around knowledge, practice, professionalism, and learning and teaching in music as well as considering how all these elements are influence…
Values and Professional Knowledge in Teacher Education provides distinctive insights into potential strengths to develop trainee teachers' values within school-based training. Looking at the personal moral and political values of trainees as fundamental to strategic and critical…
"Philosophical questions surrounding skill and expertise can be traced back as far as Ancient Greece, China, and India. In the twentieth century skilled action was an important factor in the work of phenomenologists such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty and analytic philosophers i…
"The Neuroscience of Expertise examines the ways in which the brain accommodates the incredible feats of experts. It builds on a tradition of cognitive research to explain how the processes of perception, attention, and memory come together to enable experts' outstanding perform…
Casting light on the interplay between language and domain-specific knowledge, this book brings together ideas and approaches from cognitive linguistics and psychology, explaining how language works.
"Disciplinary knowledge is under threat in the modern world. Claims abound that we are entering a landscape in which the division of disciplines is obsolete, implying a commitment to outdated values in scholarship. Notions of 'discipline' are critiqued as reflecting social power…
Offers leadership lessons for aspiring nurse leaders from colleagues in business, medicine, philanthropy, government, academia, research, and health care fields. This book will prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance health. It offers practical advice, lessons learne…
