Series: Teacher Quality and School Development

The international attempt to expand schooling, despite dealing with an insufficient number of trained teachers, has placed significant pressure on teacher education. Continued effort to change all aspects of teacher education, including ways of learning, methods of practice, institution interaction, and assessment of teaching ability, in order to fulfil the desire to offer inclusive and equitable teaching for all, is...

This book unpicks the complex, dynamic blend of individuals’ psychological and professional assets, workplace conditions, and leadership support which enable teachers who stay in teaching to continue to make a difference in their careers, regardless of shifts in policy, workplace, professional, and personal circumstances. Whilst much has been written over the years about teacher stress and burnout, there is very...

'Showing how critical thinking and local democracy can be a spur to very real educational development within schools that are facing severe challenges, this book provides us with one very valuable contemporary resource of hope.' Ian Menter, Professor of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, UK Teachers and Academic Partners in Urban Schools identifies and addresses a major problem for practitioners...

Showing how critical thinking and local democracy can be a spur to very real educational development within schools that are facing severe challenges, this book provides us with one very valuable contemporary resource of hope. Ian Menter, Professor of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, UK Teachers and Academic Partners in Urban Schools identifies and addresses a major problem for practitioners...