Continuing Your Professional Development in Lifelong Learning

Dr Angela Steward

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Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
30 October 2009

Teaching staff; Colleges of further education

New qualifications for those teaching and training in the FE sector became effective in September 2007. The reform of initial teacher training and the professionalisation of the workforce in the sector require a commitment to engage in continuing professional development.

The rational for the book is contained in the argument that improvement of quality in teaching and learning in the sector is not achieved exclusively through short-term external professional development and training activities. Moreover it requires ongoing workplace learning which is long-term in focus and practice-orientated and work-based. In order to improve future practice it needs to be embedded in critical reflection and evaluation of workloads.

The purpose of the book is to introduce the notion that there is an opportunity for every teacher to develop their role through their workloads, e.g. workloads are a vehicle for professional development. Ways to achieve this are identified by exploring the practice of experienced and successful teachers. The author then goes on to offers guidelines for promoting constructive practice, which is using the outcomes of reflection in the workplace to achieve role development.

By: Dr Angela Steward
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780826445872
ISBN 10: 082644587X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 October 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction - Personalisation and constructive practice PART 1 - PAST POLICIES Chapter 1 Workforce reforms PART 2 -THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER Chapter 2 Professional standards and code of practice Chapter 3 The role of the teacher and the teaching and learning environment PART 3 - CONSTRUCTIVE PRACTICE Chapter 4 Approaches to continuing professional development Chapter 5 Professional development as constructive practice Chapter 6 Constructing a professional role Chapter 7 Constructing professional knowledge Chapter 8 Constructing professional relationships Chapter 9 Constructing a repertoire of intellectual skills PART 4 - FUTURE PRACTICE Conclusion - Continuing your professional development

Dr Angela Steward has taught for over thirty years in the FE sector. She currently teaches Education Studies at the Centre for Continuing Professional Development at City College Norwich, UK. Angela is also a consultant for the East of England Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training and a fellow of the Institute for Learning.

Reviews for Continuing Your Professional Development in Lifelong Learning

Steward has 30-plus years of experience in the further education (FE) sector; she has written seven previous texts available from Continuum on post-secondary teaching. Her latest book suggests ways that FE teachers and trainers can fulfill the UK's continuing professional development (CPD) requirements and develop constructive classroom practices, without investing time and money in specialized external courses and training activities. She introduces and develops the idea that FE teachers have an opportunity to engage in their own professional development through their everyday workload. Containing elements of a how to book, a self-help manual, and textbook, this practical text includes theory-based models and frameworks from professional development and teacher training experts that Steward has found useful in her own practice. It incorporates numerous case studies of experienced and successful teachers throughout. For teachers, tutors, trainers, lecturers and instructors. -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.