1st Edition

International Perspectives on Veteran Teachers

Edited By Miriam Ben-Peretz, Gary McCulloch Copyright 2011
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

What is a veteran teacher, and how do veteran teachers contribute to schools and education? This international volume contributes to our understanding of veteran teachers with new conceptual studies and empirical research from different countries around the world. It is explores what we mean by a ‘veteran teacher’; the factors that encourage teachers to remain in the profession; the... Read more

1. International perspectives on veteran teachers: Introduction - Miriam Ben-Peretz and Gary McCulloch  2. The moral universe of Mr Chips: veteran teachers in British literature and drama - Gary McCulloch  3. Distinctive qualities of expert teachers’ - Amy B.M. Tsui  4. Veteran teachers: commitment, resilience and quality retention - Christopher Day and Qing Gu  5. ‘The role of "accomplished teachers" in professional learning communities: uncovering practice and enabling leadership - Ann Lieberman and Desiree H. Pointer-Mace  6. What it takes to stick it out: two veteran inner-city teachers after 25 years - Rosetta Marantz Cohen  7. The secrets of successful veteran biology teachers: metaphors of evolution, regeneration, and adaptation - Billie Eilam  8. The game veteran theatre teachers are playing: anatomy of musings - Shifra Schonmann

Biography

Miriam Ben-Peretz is Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel.

Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.