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Book SynopsisTeaching and Learning from Within brings together theory, research, and practice on core reflection, an approach that focuses on people's strengths as the springboard for personal growth and serves every human being involved in educationincluding students, teachers, school principals, and university faculty. This approach supports the essential role of authenticity in the development of the whole person. It has been used in contexts around the world and has shown great promise in helping to re-chart the course for education and to re-think its purpose in global and democratic societies. The book looks at the current educational context and the need for core reflection; introduces the theory and its linkages to previous studies in numerous disciplines; presents various applications in multinational research and practicewith teachers, with students and schools, and with teacher educators; and highlights ongoing work in around the world along with future plans, opport
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"In a broader sense, this book aims to both demonstrate how to facilitate the core reflection process and to provide evidence of its effectiveness in promoting individual growth. In this first goal, it is quite successful because of the way the authors detail and provide examples of the technique." ― Douglas Larkin, Montclair State University, Teachers College Record
Table of ContentsContents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I Overview - Introduction to Core Reflection
Chapter 1 Transforming Education from Within
William L. Greene, Younghee M. Kim, & Fred A. J. Korthagen
Chapter 2 A Focus on the Human Potential
Fred A. J. Korthagen
Chapter 3 The Core Reflection Approach
Fred A. J. Korthagen
PART II Core Reflection with Teachers
Chapter 4 Teaching from the Inside Out: Discovering and Developing the-Self-That-Teaches
John T. King, & Jo-Anne Lau-Smith
Chapter 5 Actualizing Core Strengths in New Teacher Development
Roni Adams, Younghee M. Kim, & William L. Greene
Chapter 6 Coaching Based on Core Reflection: A Case Study on Supporting Presence in Teacher Education
Paulien C. Meijer, Fred A. J. Korthagen, & Angelo Vasalos
Chapter 7 Coaching Based on Core Reflection Makes a Difference
Annemarieke Hoekstra, & Fred A. J. Korthagen
Part III Core Reflection with Students and Schools
Chapter 8 Core Reflection in Primary Schools: A New Approach to Educational Innovation
Saskia Attema-Noordewier, Fred A. J. Korthagen, & Rosanne C. Zwart
Chapter 9 Developing Core Qualities in Young Students
Peter Ruit, & Fred A. J. Korthagen
Chapter 10 A Core Reflection Approach to Reducing Study Procrastination
Marjan E. Ossebaard, Fred A. J. Korthagen, Heinze Oost, Jan Stavenga-de Jong, & Angelo Vasalos
Part IV Core Reflection with Teacher Educators
Chapter 11 Aligning Professional and Personal Identities: Applying
Core Reflection in Teacher Education Practice
Younghee M. Kim, & William L. Greene
Chapter 12 Core Reflection as a Catalyst for Change in Teacher Education
Erin M. Wilder, William L. Greene, & Younghee M. Kim
Part V Conclusion
Chapter 13 Towards A New View of Teaching and Learning
Fred A. J. Korthagen, William L. Greene, & Younghee M. Kim
Chapter Contributors
Index
