Social Theory for Teacher Education Research: Beyond the Technical-Rational (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350212251)

Traditionally, teacher education research theory and practice have had a technical-rational focus on productions of knowledge, skills, performance and accountability. Such a focus serves to (re)produce current educational systems instead of noticing and critiquing the wider modes of domination that permeate schools and school systems. In Social Theory for Teacher Education Research, Kathleen Nolan, Jennifer Tupper and the contributors make arguments for drawing on social theories to inform research in teacher education - research that moves the agenda beyond technical-rational concerns toward building a critically reflexive stance for noticing and unpacking the socio-political contexts of schooling.

The theories discussed include Actor-Network Theory (ANT), Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and la didactique du plurilinguisme, and social theorists covered include Barad, Bernstein, Bourdieu, Braidotti, Deleuze, Foucault, Heidegger, and Nussbaum. The chapters in this book make explicit how innovative social theory-driven research can challenge and change teacher education practices and the learning experiences of students

Author: Kathleen Nolan
ISBN-10: 1350212253
ISBN-13: 9781350212251
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d