1st Edition

Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe Research, Policy and Practice

Edited By Ken Jones, Giorgio Ostinelli, Alberto Crescentini Copyright 2024
266 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents critical perspectives on teacher professional learning and professional development as interpreted in 14 countries across Europe. Bringing together experts from across Europe, the book fulfils a need for a better understanding of the changing nature of teacher professional learning in national policy contexts and of the cultural differences existing between various systems.... Read more

01. Introduction

Ken Jones

02. A Framework for Analysing Teacher Professional Learning and Development

Giorgio Ostinelli

03. Using the Framework to provide a comparative overview of Teacher Professional Learning and Development in 14 European Countries

Alberto Crescentini and Giorgio Ostinelli

04. Teacher professionalism in Estonia: the lost paradise of lifelong learning?

Ene-Silvia Sarv

05. Teacher Professional Learning: Policy Development to Policy Enactment

Fiona King, Aoife Brennan and Alan Gorman

06. Teacher Professional Development in Romania: Framing Learning, Responsibility and Change Through Crisis

Mihaela Mitescu-Manea

07. Teachers’ professional learning in Finland: Providers of education in key role

Jari Lavonen, Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen, Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen and Marjo Vesalainen

08. Career-long professional learning in Scotland: Mobilizing the profession

Christine Forde, Julie Harvie, Deirdre Torrance, Alison Mitchell and Kathleen Kerrigan

09. Co-constructing a new Approach to Professional Learning in Wales: Implementing a National Vision

Ken Jones and Gareth Evans

10. Teachers’ learning and development in England: complexity and challenges

Sara Bubb and Amanda Ince

11. Learning Leaders: Teacher Learning in Northern Ireland

Margery McMahon and Claire Woods

12. Teachers’ professional development: The potential of teacher collaboration in Flemish (Belgian) schools

Jasja Valckx, Laura Thomas and Ruben Vanderlinde

13. Professional Learning and Development in Denmark: From Formal Competence Development and Professional Learning Communities to an Emergence Approach

Mathias Thorborg and Lars Qvortrup

14. Initial Education Overestimated – Continuing Education Neglected: Status and Perspectives of Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Germany

Ewald Terhart

15. Teacher Education policies in Italy: In search of professional learning indicators

Maurizio Gentile

16. Teachers’ Continuing professional Development in France. A Systemic Transformation in Progress

Régis Malet

17. Professional development and in-service teacher education in the Portuguese system: views from outside and inside

Ana Isabel Andrade, Betina Silva-Lopes, Maria de Lurdes Gonçalves

18. Practitioner Enquiry: exploring method for understanding teacher learning

Kate Wall and Elaine Hall

19. Conclusion: A reflection on the different routes towards innovation in teacher professional learning

Ken Jones, Giorgio Ostinelli and Alberto Crescentini

Index

Biography

Ken Jones is Professor Emeritus at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK and a freelance academic.

Giorgio Ostinelli is Professor at UniTreEdu of Milan, Italy.

Alberto Crescentini is Lecturer of Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.