
Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement
Judy Durrant(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. December 2019
Book
Hardback
154 pages
978-1-138-09371-3 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting the role of teachers in school change, Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement explores the important related issues of professional identity, teacher self-efficacy, leadership and autonomy in the context of contested improvement agendas.
Providing analytical frameworks and practical models, this book:
Offers examples of projects, programmes and narratives to illustrate the role of teachers in school change
Invites readers to reconceptualise professional development and re-imagine school improvement
Focuses on enabling teacher agency as the foundation for improvement
Emphasises the importance of human agency to influence environments, lives and learning
Provides strategies for improvement with integrity amidst powerful accountability requirements and external forces for change.
At the heart of this book is a fresh perspective on schooling, in which teacher agency is considered a fundamental dimension of professional development and key to school improvement. This raises necessary and challenging questions about purposes and processes in education. With practical ideas and strategies that can be used to inform and evaluate practice and policy, Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement is essential reading for headteachers and teachers wishing to lead changes to improve their school and for teacher educators who support them.
Providing analytical frameworks and practical models, this book:
Offers examples of projects, programmes and narratives to illustrate the role of teachers in school change
Invites readers to reconceptualise professional development and re-imagine school improvement
Focuses on enabling teacher agency as the foundation for improvement
Emphasises the importance of human agency to influence environments, lives and learning
Provides strategies for improvement with integrity amidst powerful accountability requirements and external forces for change.
At the heart of this book is a fresh perspective on schooling, in which teacher agency is considered a fundamental dimension of professional development and key to school improvement. This raises necessary and challenging questions about purposes and processes in education. With practical ideas and strategies that can be used to inform and evaluate practice and policy, Teacher Agency, Professional Development and School Improvement is essential reading for headteachers and teachers wishing to lead changes to improve their school and for teacher educators who support them.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 9 s/w Zeichnungen, 6 s/w Tabellen
6 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-09371-3 (9781138093713)
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Person
Judy Durrant is Head of Postgraduate Programmes in the Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
Content
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 "... a difference needs to be made"
Chapter 2 Improving Schools in Context
Chapter 3 Professional Development, Identity and Agency
Chapter 4 The Role of Teachers in Changing Schools
Chapter 5 Leading School Cultures to Support Teacher Agency
Chapter 6 An Agentic Framework for Education
Chapter 7 Agency in Action: Participation and Voice
Chapter 8 Agency for Sustainable Futures
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 "... a difference needs to be made"
Chapter 2 Improving Schools in Context
Chapter 3 Professional Development, Identity and Agency
Chapter 4 The Role of Teachers in Changing Schools
Chapter 5 Leading School Cultures to Support Teacher Agency
Chapter 6 An Agentic Framework for Education
Chapter 7 Agency in Action: Participation and Voice
Chapter 8 Agency for Sustainable Futures
Index