Teachers & Teacher Education

This book recognises the growing trend for teachers to exercise leadership and offers a variety of perspectives on teacher leadership and its relationship to professional development. _x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Professional Development in Education...

This book shows how teachers should be put at the center of creating, developing, organizing, implementing, and sharing their own ideas for school change rather than being passive recipients of knowledge from the outside.  The book provides an important model for school change led by teachers, rathe..

In the continuing global call for educational reforms and change, the contributors in this edited collection address the critical issue of teacher learning from diverse national contexts and perspectives. They define "teacher learning that matters" as it shapes and directs pedagogical practices with..

In the continuing global call for educational reforms and change, the contributors in this edited collection address the critical issue of teacher learning from diverse national contexts and perspectives. They define "teacher learning that matters" as it shapes and directs pedagogical practices with..

Drawing from the literature base on teaching’s moral dimensions, this book establishes a conceptual framework for responsiveness to students, describes obstacles to its actualization, and suggests approaches for nurturing responsive capacities in teacher candidates...

Drawing from the literature base on teaching’s moral dimensions, this book establishes a conceptual framework for responsiveness to students, describes obstacles to its actualization, and suggests approaches for nurturing responsive capacities in teacher candidates...

This book brings together the practice of reflective teaching and the knowledge of inclusive practices in the context of teacher education and continuing professional development. It is a call to leverage reflective teaching for inclusive practices. It provides an overview of what constitutes reflec..

Accreditation of teacher education programs is increasingly embraced internationally and is being modeled after the American Experience. This book examines the transformation of accreditation and the interest and perception of nations and regions choosing to use the model in their own cultures...

This book pushes beyond traditional perspectives in physical education, exploring alternative and innovative approaches to socialization and highlighting future directions for studying teachers’ lives and careers. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, it draws atten..

This book pushes beyond traditional perspectives in physical education, exploring alternative and innovative approaches to socialization and highlighting future directions for studying teachers’ lives and careers. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, it draws atten..

This book outlines an important, but neglected, dimension of teacher’s professional practice: that of their subject identity and expertise. It argues that viewing subject identity and expertise through the lens of a ‘professional compass’ enables a nuanced way of understanding teachers’ professional..

This book outlines an important, but neglected, dimension of teacher’s professional practice: that of their subject identity and expertise. It argues that viewing subject identity and expertise through the lens of a ‘professional compass’ enables a nuanced way of understanding teachers’ professional..