{"title":"Dr Jessica Holloway","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr Jessica Holloway’s work offers insightful perspectives within the realm of \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, exploring themes of expertise and knowledge development. Her writing is both accessible and thought-provoking, ideal for readers seeking a deeper understanding of educational practice and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough clear analysis and engaging prose, Dr Holloway delves into the complexities of learning, making her books valuable resources for educators, students, and anyone interested in the art and science of acquiring expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"expertise-by-dr-jessica-gerrard-9781350238220","title":"Expertise","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an important and timely critique of expertise, showing how it is a ‘keyword’ shaped by social, historical, and political debates about what counts as knowledge and truth, and who counts as experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing teacher expertise as an illustrative case, Jessica Gerrard and Jessica Holloway reflect on recent events, including COVID-19 and the climate crisis, to examine how expertise is never neutral, objective, or fixed. They argue that ‘getting political’ is not just an inevitable part of teacher expertise, but a necessary basis of any claim to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the chapters, \u003cem\u003eExpertise\u003c\/em\u003e explores how expertise is socially constructed in relation to governance, uses of data and evidence, understandings of ignorance and the unknown, and – ultimately – power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing contemporary and historical examples from international contexts, the authors address the political positioning of expertise and how this creates boundaries between who is an expert and who is not, and what is (and is not) expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGerrard and Holloway argue that ongoing policy debates about teacher expertise cannot be resolved by neutral definitions of ‘good teaching’. Rather, expertise is unavoidably political in its expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430671794412,"sku":"9781350238220","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350238220.jpg?v=1774558780"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dr-jessica-holloway.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}