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Mentoring Reflective Practice in Inservice Teacher Education

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Part of the book series: Professional Learning ((PROFL,volume 10))

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Traditionally, those who provided professional development to teachers were considered to be trainers. Now, their roles have broadened immensely. …they have to be facilitators, assessors, resource brokers, mediators of learning, designers, and coaches, in addition to being trainers when appropriate.

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Davey, R., Ham, V., Stopford, M., Calender, S., Mackay, J. (2011). Mentoring Reflective Practice in Inservice Teacher Education. In: Higgins, J., Parsons, R., Bonne, L. (eds) Processes of Inquiry. Professional Learning, vol 10. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-531-4_6

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