Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe

This book presents critical perspectives on teacher professional learning and professional development as interpreted in 14 countries across Europe. It will be highly relevant for researchers and students in the fields of teacher professional learning and development, school leadership, comparative education and educational policy.

Autorentext

Ken Jones is Professor Emeritus at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK and a freelance academic.

Giorgio Ostinelli is Professor at UniTreEdu of Milan, Italy.

Alberto Crescentini is Lecturer of Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.

Inhalt

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. 01. Introduction. 02. A Framework for Analysing Teacher Professional Learning and Development. 03. Using the Framework to provide a comparative overview of Teacher Professional Learning and Development in 14 European Countries. 04. Teacher professionalism in Estonia: the lost paradise of lifelong learning?. 05. Teacher Professional Learning: Policy Development to Policy Enactment. 06. Teacher Professional Development in Romania: Framing Learning, Responsibility and Change Through Crisis. 07. Teachers' professional learning in Finland: Providers of education in key role. 08. Career-long professional learning in Scotland: Mobilizing the profession. 09. Co-constructing a new Approach to Professional Learning in Wales: Implementing a National Vision. 10. Teachers' learning and development in England: complexity and challenges. 11. Learning Leaders: Teacher Learning in Northern Ireland. 12. Teachers' professional development: The potential of teacher collaboration in Flemish (Belgian) schools. 13. Professional Learning and Development in Denmark: From Formal Competence Development and Professional Learning Communities to an Emergence Approach. 14. Initial Education Overestimated - Continuing Education Neglected: Status and Perspectives of Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Germany. 15. Teacher Education policies in Italy: In search of professional learning indicators. 16. Teachers' Continuing professional Development in France. A Systemic Transformation in Progress. 17. Professional development and in-service teacher education in the Portuguese system: views from outside and inside. 18. Practitioner Enquiry: exploring method for understanding teacher learning. 19. Conclusion: A reflection on the different routes towards innovation in teacher professional learning. Index