A pedagogy of teacher education must go well beyond the simple delivery of information about teaching. This book describes and explores the complex nature of teaching and of learning about teaching, illustrating how important teacher educators' professional knowledge is and how that knowledge must influence teacher training practices.

The book is divided into two sections. The first considers the crucial distinction between teaching student-teachers and teaching them about teaching, allowing practice to push beyond the technical-rational, or tips-and-tricks approach, to teaching about teaching in a way that brings in the appropriate attitudes, knowledge and skills of teaching itself. Section two highlights the dual nature of student teachers' learning, arguing that they need to concentrate not only on learning what is being taught but also on the way in which that teaching is conducted.

About the Author

John Loughran is a senior member of the Faculty of education at Monash University as the Foundation Chair in Curriculum and Professional Practice. He has written and edited several books for Routledge, Teachers' College Press and Kluwer.

Reviews

This unusual and very important book explores exactly what its title and sub-title("Understanding teaching and learning about teaching") describe. That is: what do we mean by, and how can we approach, quality of learning, teaching and assessment when the learners are student teachers and (in some places) their teachers have no experience of or training in teaching or teacher education?

- British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol 38 No 2 2007

Book Information
ISBN 9780415367301
Author John Loughran
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 476g