International Handbook On The Continuing Professional Development Of Teachers - Brossura

Judyth Sachs is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney. She is past President of the Australian Association for Research in Education and Fellow of the Australian College of Education. Her recent publications include The Activist Teaching Profession(Open University Press 2003).

Part 1: A Critical Overview
Chapter 1, 'Professionalism, Performativity and Empowerment: Discourses in the Politics, Policies and Purposes of Continuing Professional Development', Christopher Day and Judyth Sachs
Chapter 2, 'Literature, definition and models: towards a conceptual map', Ray Bolam and Agnes McMahon

Part 2: Regional Case Studies
Chapter 3, 'Rhetorics and Realities of C.P.D. across Europe: from Cacophony towards Coherence?', Ciaran Sugrue
Chapter 4, '"Looking at Student Work" in the United States: Countervailing Impulses in Professional Development', Judith Warren Little
Chapter 5, 'Continuing Professional Development Policies and Practices in the Latin American Region', Beatrice Avalos
Chapter 6, 'Teacher Professional Development - Themes and Trends in the Recent Australian Experience', Shirley Grundy and Judith Robison
Chapter 7, 'Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa', Pam Christie, Ken Harley and Alan Penny
Chapter 8, 'Teachers Networks: a new approach to the professional development of teachers in Singapore', David Tripp

Part 3: CPD for Professional Renewal
Chapter 9, 'CPD for Professional Renewal: Moving Beyond Knowledge for Practice', Geert Kelchtermans
Chapter 10, 'Critical Practitioner Inquiry: Towards Responsible Professional Communities of Practice', Susan Groundwater-Smith and Marion Dadds
Chapter 11, 'Using Research to Improve Practice: The notion of evidence-based practice', John Elliott
Chapter 12, 'Evaluating Continuing Professional Development: an overview', Daniel Muijs, Christopher Day, Alma Harris and Geoff Lindsay