Non-Linear Perspectives on Teacher Development: Complexity in Professional Learning and Practice

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Kathryn J. Strom (California State University East Bay, USA) Tammy Mills (University of Maine, USA)

Non-Linear Perspectives on Teacher Development

Complexity in Professional Learning and Practice

Kathryn J. Strom (California State University East Bay, USA), Tammy Mills (University of Maine, USA), Linda Abrams (New Jersey City University, USA)

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Routledge
09 October 2024

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Teacher training; Sustainability

Despite the multifaceted complexity of teaching, dominant perspectives conceptualize teacher development in linear, dualistic, transactional, human-centric ways. The authors in this book offer non-linear alternatives by drawing on a continuum of complex perspectives, including CHAT, complexity theory, actor network theory, indigenous studies, rhizomatics, and posthuman/neomaterialisms. The chapters included here illuminate how different ways of thinking can help us better examine how teachers learn (relationally, with human, material, and discursive elements) and offer ways to understand the entangled nature of the relationship between that learning and what emerges in classroom instructional practice. They also present situated illustrations of what those entanglements or assemblages look like in the preservice, induction, and inservice phases, from early childhood to secondary settings, and across multiple continents. Authors provide evidence that research on teacher development should focus on process as much (if not more than) product and show that complexity perspectives can support forward-thinking, assets-based pedagogies. Methodologically, the chapters encourage conceptual creativity and expansion, and support an argument for blurring theory-method and normalising methodological hybridity. Ultimately, this book provides conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools to understand current educational conditions in late capitalism and imagine otherwise. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Professional Development in Education.

Edited by: Kathryn J. Strom (California State University East Bay USA), Tammy Mills (University of Maine, USA), Linda Abrams (New Jersey City University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781032444215
ISBN 10: 1032444215
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 09 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathryn J. Strom is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University, East Bay, USA. She employs critical, complex theories to study teacher and leadership development, as well as advocate for different ways of thinking in education more broadly, with broad goals of disrupting inequities for minoritized populations. Tammy Mills, Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, USA, draws from complex theories and self-study methodologies to study situated teacher learning broadly and help both preservice and practicing teachers understand the interaction among their geopolitical locations, socio-ethical imperatives, and the dynamic development of their teacher identities. Linda Abrams, Lecturer at New Jersey City University, USA, is a retired teacher and administrator with over three decades of experience in K-12 education systems. Her expertise lies at the intersections of complex, relational theories and mentoring knowledge and practice.