Cooperative Development

This is a practical guide to professional self-development. It provides awareness-raising activities for the individual and a framework of structured actvities for colleagues working together. The emphasis is on enabling teachers to develop their own teaching according to their knowledge and experience. The first part of the book shows teachers how to acquire the skills necessary to explore their own situations and to discover their own ways of gaining more satisfaction from their teaching. The second part discusses background ideas and the use of co-operative development in classroom research as well as teacher education and assessment. The "Teacher to Teacher" series aims to provide a forum for new ideas, for exploring poblems and issues of concern to all teachers and teacher trainers. It is for all teachers who are looking for professional development.