1st Edition

Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement

By Judy Durrant Copyright 2020
164 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Highlighting the role of teachers in school change, Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement explores the important related issues of professional identity, teacher self-efficacy, leadership and autonomy in the context of contested improvement agendas. Providing analytical frameworks and practical models, this book: Offers examples of projects, programmes and... Read more

    List of illustrations  

    Acknowledgements  

    Introduction 

    Chapter 1 "… a difference needs to be made"

    Chapter 2 Improving Schools in Context 

    Chapter 3 Professional Development, Identity and Agency

    Chapter 4 The Role of Teachers in Changing Schools 

    Chapter 5 Leading School Cultures to Support Teacher Agency

    Chapter 6 An Agentic Framework for Education

    Chapter 7 Agency in Action: Participation and Voice

    Chapter 8 Agency for Sustainable Futures 

    Index 

Biography

Judy Durrant is Head of Postgraduate Programmes in the Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.