Contribution to Book
TPCK in In-service Education: Assisting Experienced Teachers' "Planned Improvisations"
School of Education Book Chapters
Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Education
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Book Title
Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators
Publisher
Routledge
Editor
Mary C. Herring, Matthew J. Koehler and Punya Mishra
Abstract
Excerpt from chapter: "To an experienced educator, teaching is much like jazz performance: a well-practiced fusion of careful, creative planning and spontaneous improvisation. Like jazz music, much of good teaching is context-dependent, serendipitous improvisation, yet it still follow predetermined, somewhat predictable structures sequenced in virtually infinite permutations..."
ISBN
9780805863550
Disciplines
Citation Information
Judith B. Harris. "TPCK in In-service Education: Assisting Experienced Teachers' "Planned Improvisations"" 1stNew York, NY(2008) p. 251 - 271 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/judith-harris/17/