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Professional Responsibility
New Horizons of Praxis
What does professional responsibility entail in an increasingly insecure, unpredictable and de-regulated world? This is the core question addressed in this text. The point of departure for the various contributions is that professional responsibility is a way of being in the world that includes a...
Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
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Passionate Principalship
Learning from the Life Histories of School Leaders
This book puts 'real life' back into the literature on school principalship. Through a life history approach, it portrays daily life in schools as a much more messy, contested and precarious existence, where principals struggle with passionate commitment to find continuity amongst frequently...
Published January 25th 2010 by Routledge
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The Future of Educational Change
International Perspectives
This timely book provides a systematic overview and critique of contemporary approaches to educational change from some of the best-known writers and scholars in the field, including Andy Hargreaves, Larry Cuban, Ivor Goodson, Jeannie Oakes, Milbrey McLaughlin, Judyth Sachs and Ann Liebermann....
Published February 13th 2008 by Routledge
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Developing Teachers and Teaching Practice
International Research Perspectives
Pressure is increasing on all those involved in education, from teachers to policy-makers, to transform schools as organisations, while continuing to implement effective new approaches to teaching and learning. The demand is not only to reach attained targets, but also to be accountable for...
Published November 21st 2001 by Routledge