Soft Systems Methodology in Education Applying a Critical Realist Approach to Research on Teacher Education /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Gilbert, Jenny (Author), Pratt-Adams, Simon (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XXVI, 381 p. 112 illus. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:	Teachers > Training of. Sociology > Methodology. Education, Higher. Teaching and Teacher Education. Sociological Methods. Higher Education.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99225-5
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

Part I: Systems Thinking, Soft Systems Methodology and Critical Realism
Chapter 1. Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Methodology
Chapter 2. Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy
Chapter 3. Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
Chapter 4. The Stepping-Stones Model and the Worldview, Metaphor and Power of Social Objects (Womposo) Strategy
Part II: Practicum Study: Context
Chapter 5. The Three Jurisdictions: England, New South Wales and Ontario
Chapter 6. The Literature on Policy Borrowing, Learning, Professional Identity and the Practicum
Chapter 7. Research Stages of the Practicum Study
Part III: Practicum Study: Data Collection and Interpretation
Chapter 8. The Perspectives of Pre-service Teachers
Chapter 9. Faculty Advisors’ Perspectives on Becoming a Teacher
Chapter 10. Mentors’ Expectations and Perspectives
Chapter 11. Findings from the Practicum Study
Part IV: Appraising the Womposo Research Strategy
Chapter 12. Evaluating the Practicum Study and the Womposo Research Strategy.

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