| Developing Teachers: The Challenges of Lifelong Learning Contributor(s): Day, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 075070747X ISBN-13: 9780750707473 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: Clearly delineates the most conducive conditions required to enhance the continuing professional development of teachers *Shows how to view teachers holistically, and further their development by doing so Effective schools or improving schools are fashionable terms in the rhetoric of recent education movements, yet the heart of these movements is often more to do with teaching quality than with school practice. This book takes a holistic view of teacher development, examining the contexts and conditions of teaching: school leadership and culture; teachers' lives and histories; change; teacher learning, competence and expertise; and the moral purposes of teaching. Day looks at the conditions under which teacher development may be enhanced, and brings together research and other information, from the UK and overseas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Research |
| Dewey: 370.715 |
| LCCN: 99218328 |
| Series: Educational Change and Development Series |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.17" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Effective schools or improving schools are fashionable terms in the rhetoric of recent education movements, yet the heart of these movements is often more to do with teaching quality than with school practice. This book takes a holistic view of teacher development, examining the contexts and conditions of teaching: school leadership and culture; teachers' lives and histories; change; teacher learning, competence and expertise; and the moral purposes of teaching. Day looks at the conditions under which teacher development may be enhanced, and brings together research and other information, from the UK and overseas. |
