Teachers & Teacher Education

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for the researcher in education. It instructs those new to qualitative educational research how to find interesting research sites, collect great data, analyse them responsibly, and then find the right audience t..

This book presents several studies on approaches to formative assessment of teachers, both before they start working, and during their careers. These approaches draw on insights from studies into effective teacher professional development. This book was originally published as a special issue of Tea..

How can formative assessment be used as a means to support teacher professional learning? This book presents several studies, from different countries, on approaches to formative assessment of teachers, both before they start working, and during their careers. These approaches draw on insights from ..

Written by acclaimed education experts, Global Education Reform examines the differing outcomes of large-scale education reforms in six countries that pursued ideologically and educationally distinctive approaches...

First published in 1985, the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education quickly established itself as the essential reference work concerning gender equity in education. This new, expanded edition provides a 20-year retrospective of the field, one that has the great advantage of document..

Offers a unique glimpse into the teaching approaches & thinking of a wide range of well-known literacy researchers, & the lessons learned from their teaching lives. Each chapter includes a syllabus for a course the author has taught & personal reflection..

First published in 1994 this handbook provides both an overview of teacher education across Europe, and detailed explorations of key issues by leading experts in the field...

This book presents a broad overview of a variety of methodologies that can be used to improve teacher preparation and professional development programs...

Institutions of higher education are keen to improve teachers’ intercultural experiences, communication, and understanding, but offer few resources for bringing the research literature to direct application in teacher education programs. This volume addresses that gap by examining what intercultural..

Institutions of higher education are keen to improve teachers’ intercultural experiences, communication, and understanding, but offer few resources for bringing the research literature to direct application in teacher education programs. This volume addresses that gap by examining what intercultural..

Defining the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally...

Defining the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally...