ABSTRACT

This book examines the status of training and continuing professional development of teachers on a national and international level. The authors argue that teachers need to feel that they are part of an empowering professionalism, in which their work has an effect on the abilities of students, and where they play a valuable role in shaping the direction of future society.

chapter |6 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 3|18 pages

TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The need for an appreciation of the public and ecological natures of their work

chapter 4|16 pages

IMPOVERISHING A SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM

Who’s to blame?

chapter 6|24 pages

TOWARDS A NEW VISION OF TRAINING AND INSET

Reflective practice, public and ecological understandings

chapter 8|17 pages

CONCLUSION