The teacher as a reflective practisioner

This book is mainly addressed to candidates and practicing teachers but also to education executives. It includes a methodological proposal as well as specific tools to support teachers’ professional learning as researchers and reflective practitioners. This proposal is based on the theory, research and practice of professional learning and on working with teachers in action research. It presents examples of supporting teachers’ professional learning in relation to climate of acceptance, collaborative learning in the classroom, children’s participation in the educational process, the organisation of the educational process as a differentiated and dialogic process and the pedagogy of play. These examples provide theoretical, research, practical and reflective support for teachers to rethink their educational beliefs and choices and to systematically support them in the realization of participatory and collaborative education.