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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glover, Derek.

Contributor:

Law, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--In-service training--Great Britain.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Kogan Page, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-72808-9

1-280-09597-0

0-203-01671-8

9780203016718

OCLC:

70747440