| Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach Contributor(s): Priestley, Mark (Author), Biesta, Gert (Author), Robinson, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472534662 ISBN-13: 9781472534668 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Professional Development - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Curricula |
| Dewey: 375.006 |
| LCCN: 2015015374 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent worldwide education policy has reinvented teachers as agents of change and professional developers of the school curriculum. Academic literature has analyzed changes in how teacher professionalism is conceived in policy and in practice but Teacher Agency provides a fresh perspective on this issue, drawing upon an ecological theory of agency. Using this model for understanding agency, Mark Priestley, Gert Biesta and Sarah Robinson explore empirical findings from the 'Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change' project, funded by the UK-based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Drawing together this research with the authors' international experiences and perspectives, Teacher Agency addresses theoretical and practical issues of international significance. The authors illustrate how teacher agency should be understood not only in terms of individual capacity of teachers, but also in respect of the cultures and structures of schooling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Priestley, Mark: - Mark Priestley is Professor of Education at the University of Stirling, UK.Biesta, Gert: - Gert Biesta is part-time Professor of Education, Brunel University London, UK, and Visiting Professor (Art Education) at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, the Netherlands. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education. |