This volume presents a mix of translations of classical and modern papers from the German
Didaktik tradition, newly prepared essays by German scholars and practitioners writing from …

There is no uniform or even homogeneous conception of the object, method, and system of
Didaktik within German educational research or teacher education 1 and, indeed, the word …

This paper explores differences between traditions in relation to teaching and learning. As a
relative newcomer from the Anglo/American curriculum tradition, I seek to highlight the ways …

This chapter presents an historical overview of the development of the “Deutsche Didaktik”
and compares it with the American tradition of research on teaching. This tradition is traced …

When Bjørg Gundem in Oslo, Klaus Westphalen in Kiel or Karl Frey in Zürich want to explain
to their student teachers how to prepare lessons, they all use the same term: in German …

Teaching as a Reflective Practice Page 1 CHAPTER 1 Teaching as a Reflective Practice: What
Might Didaktik Teach Curriculum? lan Westbury Ian Westbury is a professor of curriculum and …

In its recent survey of initial teacher training courses in England and Wales, the Modes of
Teacher Education Project investigated whether courses were based upon an 'agreed …

Although the idea of the reflective practitioner is embraced by many, there is still a need to
understand how teachers' practical experience and the theoretical insights of researchers …

Taking Swedish teacher education as its point of departure, two related problems are
discussed in the article.(1) Practice is often understood to be completely immersed in itself …

The notion of reflection nowadays is considered crucial in the field of teaching and teacher
education. However, although the great majority of approaches to reflection are grounded …