In memoriam: Kurt G. Hofer 1939-2015 Yasui, Linda; Lin, Xiao; Van Loon, Nanette ...
Radiation research,
03/2016, Volume:
185, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Kurt G. Hofer, a radiation biologist and preeminent educator, unexpectedly but peacefully passed away on Sep 20, 2015, at the age of 76. Kurt was born in Feldkirchen in Karnten, a town in the ...Austrian state of Carinthia, on Mar 2, 1939. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Vienna in 1965. In 1966, Kurt, accompanied by his wife Maria (Ridy) came to the US to begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Tufts University Medical School. In 1970, he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor and worked as a radiation biologist in the Radiation Therapy Department at Ohio State University. A year later, Kurt moved to Tallahassee and joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University, where he established himself as a Distinguished Professor and was eventually appointed as the Director of the University's Institute of Molecular Biophysics. He remained at Florida State until his retirement in 2003.
A valuable text for teacher educators, including ECT mentors in schools, on the topic of relational expertise. It provides a critical analysis of current conceptions of the role of teacher educator ...and a theoretical basis for practice.This book provides a concise and clear cultural-historical perspective of the expertise of teacher educators. The theoretical framework of relational expertise draws upon what matters to both the teacher educator and beginning teacher as they work together on the complex problem of learning to teach. It provides a clear basis for their practice and for what happens in their practice, signalling a way of understanding how to undertake the role of teacher educator in terms of the professional learning of the beginning teacher. Concepts explored include relational expertise, relational agency, common knowledge, the double move, metacommentary, and second order practice, offering a critique of the deconstruction of the act of teaching into bite-size chunks to be memorised. Opportunities for critical reflection are also provided throughout the book, which speaks to teacher educators directly in terms of suggesting a clear theoretical basis for their expertise and how to enact this in practice.
Contents: Muslims and secular education : the beginnings of Osmania University -- Reforming a language : creating textbooks and cultivating Urdu -- Muslim pasts : writing the history of India and the ...history of Islam -- Locating Urdu : Deccani, Hindustani, and Urdu -- Secular projects and student politics : "Vande mataram" in Hyderabad. -- Conclusion : from national to minority subjects.
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