
Beacons of Hope
Lessons we can learn from resilient teachers
Andrew Pearce(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 21. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-1-80079-540-2 (ISBN)
Description
Whilst there is a significant and growing body of literature on teacher resilience, there is considerably less literature on why long service career teachers choose to stay in their profession. This book aims to explore, through the personal narratives of four resilient long service teachers, why this might be and it has implications for school leaders, pupil attainment, policy makers, ITE educators and of course, both pre-service and inservice teachers. The book identifies key themes and lessons which emerge from their stories and makes a number of recommendations which may benefit a range of stakeholders, not the least of which are teachers themselves. Throughout this book, which is based on the author's doctoral research, the concept of teacher professional identity emerges as a framework which offers considerable promise to those investigating the resilience of teachers. This book contends that the manifestation of a professional identity, which enables teachers to construct, reconstruct and manage multiple identities over time, will be crucial to teachers' ongoing resilience if they are to continue to function purposefully and effectively, in the future.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
4 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80079-540-2 (9781800795402)
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
10/2022
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
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E-Book
10/2022
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€59.49
Available for download
Person
Dr Andrew Pearce has taught in a number of schools across the north of England and for much of that time was a Head of Humanities, Religious Education and PSHCE. He has been a senior lecturer at Leeds Trinity University for eleven years, and specializes in teacher professional learning. He currently teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and when not working, enjoys spending time with his family, and pursues a number of interests and hobbies including walking, film, music and military history. As a Welshman who has enjoyed living and working in Yorkshire for over thirty years he occasionally has a conflicted sense of identity, but when it comes to watching sport, his Welsh origins usually come to the fore.
Content
Contents: The author's own story - Towards a definition of 'resilience': A survey of key literature - Teacher professional identity: A paradigm for approaching resilience? - Listening to the voices: Adam's story - Listening to the voices: Jane's story - Listening to the voices: Mike's story - Listening to the voices: Steve's story - A quartet of voices: Further reflections on the stories - Learning from the stories: What lessons can we learn? - Conclusion.