John Elliott

Reconstructing Teacher Education (RLE Edu N) - Routledge Library Editions: Education John Elliott 1st edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This book maps out a new paradigm of teacher education an, by implication, professional education generally. The book opens with two alternative theories of teacher education and training and explains the concepts and assumptions on which they rest including beliefs about the nature and role of education in society. It then proposes a natural science paradigm and its implications for establishing a coherent view of teacher education. Subsequent chapters indicate the professional implications of such a model.; Originally published: London: The Falmer Press (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group), 1993.

Contributor Bio:  Elliott, John John Elliott is a forty-four year veteran of Israel's Mossad and the CIA's Special Operations Group. For nine of those years he was assigned to Interpol in Lyon, France, as well as to a number of domestic law enforcement agencies and to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business, an MBA, and a Doctorate of Law degree. Growing up in the Middle East, Europe and the United Kingdom, he is fluent in English, Gaelic, Hebrew and Hungarian, and can easily converse in both French and Italian. The author of twenty-one books, his first manuscript was penned onboard a charter flight from Thailand to Travis Air Force Base in California during the late summer of 1969. By the time he arrived back in Washington, DC, the book was complete and then published the following year. He is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and has contributed his artistic endeavors to several other authors.