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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development book

Policy, Research and Practice

The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

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The Politics of Teacher Professional Development book

Policy, Research and Practice
ByIan Hardy
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 7 June 2012
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203110386
Pages 244
eBook ISBN 9780203110386
Subjects Education
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Hardy, I. (2012). The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203110386

ABSTRACT

The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice provides innovative insights into teachers’ continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. Rather than providing a list of "how-tos" and "must dos," this volume is premised on the understanding that by learning more about the current conditions under which teachers and other educators work and learn, it is possible to understand, and consequently improve, the learning opportunities teachers experience. Teacher professional development is not simply construed as an isolated series of events, such as day-long workshops marking the beginning of each school year or term, or individualistic "one-off" activities focused on new teaching approaches, curricula or assessment strategies. Rather, through application of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s understanding of social practices as contested, teacher professional development is revealed as a complex social practice which exists as policy, as a research product and process, and as an important part of teachers’ work. The book reveals how PD as policy, research and teachers’ work are inherently contested. An extended series of case studies of teacher professional development practices from Canada, England and Australia are employed to show how these tensions play out in complex ways in policy and practice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction: Professional Development in Context, and as Contest

part |2 pages

PART I Professional Development as Policy and Research

chapter 2|37 pages

Educational Policy, Politics and Professional Development

chapter 3|41 pages

Professional Development as Research: From Process to Product?

part |2 pages

PART II Professional Development in Practice

chapter 4|24 pages

Professional Development in Practice: PD as Teachers’ Work

chapter 5|53 pages

Professional Development in Practice: PD in Australia, Canada

chapter 6|9 pages

Conclusion: The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

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