Expertise

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Expertise provides a radical re-examination of the cultural politics of teachers' work. Taking stock of current attempts to govern teachers' work, and reflex responses espousing teacher professionalism, the book critically examines the concept of expertise, asking new and better questions about what teachers do and what education can be. * Meghan Stacey, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia * Gerrard and Holloway's, Expertise: Keywords in Teacher Education, thoughtfully explores the history and cultural politics of the construction of teacher expertise as a political tool in the context of social tensions, making it a critical contribution to the current debates among policymakers and the public about teacher knowledge and practice. * Wayne Au, Professor of Educational Studies, University of Washington Bothell, USA * This is timely, engaging and thought-provoking, challenging the notion of expertise as neutral, and framing it within its social, political and historical contexts. Vignettes and empirical evidence bring freshness and depth to the argument that expertise is contested, constructed and potentially dangerous. * Jane Perryman, Professor of Sociology of Education IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, UK *