The Professional Practice of Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand

The Professional Practice of Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand contains a wealth of information that beginning and more experienced teachers need to know in order to learn to teach well. Written specifically for the New Zealand setting, it highlights a range of knowledges and skills that teachers require in order to make a positive difference to their students’ lives. Throughout the text many case studies, activities and stories from real-life teachers and students help readers to link the theory to their classroom practices. This wholly New Zealand text has been developed over many years to reflect the local educational environment. Examples from all levels of teaching ensure the text is relevant for teachers across a range of school settings.

New to Edition

For the first time in this text, we have a papakupu (glossary) of kupu Maori (Maori words) and have been guided by an advisor on Maori language use.

Greater consideration of early childhood education perspectives and contexts across chapters, as well as the new chapter 7 Early years education and learning

More multi-author teams, many of which include Maori, Pacific and Pakeha (non-Maori/European) authors and some that include both academics and practising teachers

NEW lead authors and editors, Jane Abbiss and Tanya Samu, joined Martin Thrupp to coordinate the significant updates across the work from all the contributing author teams...