Founded in 1983, the International Study Association on Teacher Thinking (the latter two words have since been changed to "Teachers and Teaching") was formed to encourage alternative approaches to understanding processes of teaching and learning. This text contains 30 papers from the organization's first two conferences held in 1983 and 1985. The papers are presented by Kompf (Brock U., Canada) and Denicolo (U. of Reading, UK) as a historical indicator of "a revolution in research practice" and as still relevant to the foundations of research that concentrates more on "thick" description and qualitative data. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The papers from the first two International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching conferences are presented in this book. They have historical value, marking a change in topic focus and a revolution in research practice.
The papers from the first two International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching conferences are presented in this title as book chapters. Each paper has historical value, marking as they do, both a change in topic focus and a revolution in research practice. They also have a practical value in that they provide a large reference source for, and a wide range of examples of, both topics and methods of research. Value for the future can be found in the texts that note lacunae in research and unresolved issues. Further, since the chapters derive from research conducted in a variety of national contexts, revealing some evidence of common constraints and opportunities impinging on education at the time, questions are stimulated about what has changed and what has stayed the same in the interim.
