1st Edition
The Politics of Teacher Professional Development Policy, Research and Practice
By Ian Hardy
Copyright 2012
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice provides innovative insights into teachers’ continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. Rather than providing a list of "how-tos" and "must dos," this volume is premised on the understanding that by learning more about the current conditions under which teachers and other educators work and... Read more
1. Introduction: Professional Development in Context, and as Contest Part I: Professional Development as Policy and Research 2. Educational Policy, Politics and Professional Development 3. Professional Development as Research: From Process to Product? Part II: Professional Development in Practice 4. Professional Development in Practice: PD as Teachers’ Work 5. Professional Development in Practice: PD in Australia, Canada and England 6. Conclusion: The Politics of Teacher Professional Development
Biography
Ian Hardy is Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland.
