Managing professional development in education : issues in policy and practice / / Derek Glover and Sue Law

• Autore: Glover Derek
• Pubblicazione: London, : Kogan Page, c1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.146/00942; 371.1/007155
• Soggetto topico: Teachers - In-service training - Great Britain; Teachers - Training of - Great Britain
• Altri autori: LawSue
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Defining CPD; Researching CPD; Towards Teacher Effectiveness; CHAPTER 1 Establishing the Framework for Professional Development; Education Policy: A Focus on Change; Transformations in Teacher Education: The Policy Context; Privatizing INSET: Towards a Professional Development Market; Inspection, Improvement and Professional Development; The International Context for Professional Development; CHAPTER 2 The Changing Scene; The Essence of Professional Development ; Activities and Strategies for Professional DevelopmentShort Courses; Conferences; Long Courses; Professional Development Days/Training Days; Group Activities; Critical Friendship; Distance Learning Developments; Observation; Work-shadowing; Mentoring; Integrating Professional Practices; Initial Teacher Education and Professional Development; Appraisal and Professional Development; Competences and Professional Development; Professional Development Planning; Managing Shared Decision-making; Managing the Tensions and Achieving a Balance; Identifying and Analysing Needs ; Managing Resources: The Professional Development BudgetChanging Roles and Responsibilities: The PDC; CHAPTER 3 Privatization, Priorities and Professional Development; Determining Priorities; Negotiating in the INSET Marketplace; Evaluating Providers; LEA Advisory, Inspection and Support Services; Higher Education; Independent Agencies and Consultancies; Schools as Providers and Facilitators; Using a Range of Providers; Managing the Information; Schools Managing the Market; CHAPTER 4 'Measuring' the Impact of INSET; Developing a Planned Approach; Monitoring the Process of Development ; Evaluating for EffectivenessAchieving Value for Money; Gaining Credit for Achievement; Teaching, Learning and Institutional Improvement; CHAPTER 5 Meeting Challenges, Making Responses; A Polarization of Perceptions; The INSET Legacy; Perceptions of Professional Practice; Professionalism and Development 'On the Job'; Careers, Promotion and CPD; Different Departments, Different Perceptions?; Different Roles, Different Perceptions?; Different Gender, Different Perceptions?; Institutional Costs and Benefits; Gains and Losses for Secondary Schools; Gains and Losses for Primary Schools ; Evaluating Institutional GainsCoherent Planning and Decision-making; Improved Staff Skills; Improved Monitoring; Improved Motivation and Teamwork; An Improved Teaching and Learning Focus; A'Questioning Culture'; Improved Needs Identification; Appraisal as Professional Development; Evaluating Institutional Costs; Time; Funding; Disruption to Routines; 'Cumbersome Bureaucracy' and 'System Strain'; Inadequate Monitoring and Evaluation; 'Wasted Investments' and 'Lost Opportunities'; Cynicism and Resentment; Moving Towards Integrated Practice ; CHAPTER 6 Professional Development in Practice: Three Case Studies
• Sommario/riassunto: This work evaluates and attempts to produce a model for effective professional development. It contrasts the work in Britain with that in other countries, with case studies and exercises to illustrate points, highlighting good practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing professional development in education
• ISBN: 1-135-72808-9; 1-280-09597-0; 0-203-01671-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827654703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II