The Making of a Teacher

Teacher Knowledge and Teacher Education

The training of teachers has increasingly been the focus of critical inquiry in the field of education: What qualifications should be demanded of those entering the teaching profession? This book examines this crucial issue with an in-depth comparison of the classroom approaches and effectiveness of two groups of secondary school English teachers.

Six secondary school English teachers are the subject of this work - three are graduates of a professional educational program, while the other three lack professional teacher training.